Justice Ministry aware of underworld kingpin Kanjipani jumping bail

His sureties summoned to court

Justice Ministry Secretary Wasantha Perera yesterday (04) said that her Ministry was aware that underworld kingpin Kanjipani Imran, who was on bail, had fled to India.

The relevant courts would deal with the matter, she said. Wasantha Perera said so in response to The Island query whether the Ministry would initiate an inquiry into this.

Earlier in the day, three sureties who failed to produce the alleged underworld kingpin in Court in respect of an ongoing magisterial inquiry were yesterday noticed to appear before Court by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court.

When an attempted murder case filed against Kanjipani Imran was taken up before Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court neither the suspect nor the sureties were present in court. The Court was informed by Keselwatte Police that according to media reports Kanjipani Imran had fled the country.

Taking into consideration the facts, the court ordered to issue notices on three sureties who signed bail bonds on behalf of Kanjipani agreeing to pay full bail amount if the suspect failed to appear in court.

Kanjipani Imran had been granted bail in respect of another case filed for allegedly threatening two police constables attached to the Keselwatte Police station in 2019.

The media reported Kanjipani has reached India.