Sri Lanka’s NITF to Pay Rs6mn to Families of Slain Jailers in Negombo Prison Riot

Sri Lanka’s NITF to pay Rs6mn to families of slain jailers in Negombo Prison riot

ECONOMYNEXT — Sri Lanka’s National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) will pay 6 million rupees in compensation to families of eight prison officers who died in the Negombo prison riot last week, officials said. Officials of the statutory board said all eight were registered under the ‘Agrahara Gold’ medical and life insurance scheme. “We have taken a very prompt decision to pay these death claims as quickly as possible,” Nuwan Dissanayake, Assistant M…

Sri Lanka’s NITF to Compensate Rs6 Million to Families of Deceased Jailers from Negombo Prison Uprising

Sri Lanka’s National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) has announced that it will disburse a total of 6 million rupees in compensation to the families of […] The post Sri Lanka’s NITF to Compensate Rs6 Million to Families of Deceased Jailers from Negombo Prison Uprising appeared first on FINANCIAL CHRONICLE.

Compensation for Negombo Prison officers could exceed Rs. 2 Mn - Prison Commissioner

Prison Commissioner and Media Spokesman A. C. Gajanayake says the compensation amount to be given to the families of prison officers who died in the Negombo Prison clash could exceed Rs. 2 million, it was reported.  According to the state newspaper Dinamina, he said that while a final conclusion on the total compensation has not yet been reached, with government intervention an initial payment of Rs. 500,000 has already been made.  This, he said…