Asanka Idunil was remanded for 14 days on a charge of contempt of court for ringing his phone in court. He was detained on 1 May 2025. He was about 45 years old and was a father of one.
According to Asanka’s relatives, he went to the Embilipitiya Magistrate’s Court on April 30 to post bail for a friend in a car accident. While sitting in the courts, his phone rang. megistrate ordered him to be remanded for contempt of court!
Asanka was taken to the Angunakolapelessa Prison. A day after his detention, on May 2, the relatives received a message that Asanka had died.
According to Asanka’s relatives, the doctor who did the autopsy told them that Asanka’s head had been injured.
His relatives suspect that this death was caused by an assault in prison.
The deceased Asanka’s child has qualified to enter the medical faculty this year. Asanka worked as a menial worker at the Hambantota Economic Center. He is one of the underprivileged people of the country.
This is another case that shows the lives of underprivileged people are not valued in Sri Lanka.