Former Chief Justice's night games rumours

Old rumour that I was naked with a woman by the side of Diyawanna oya
 - Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva

Many years ago in the year 2004, during the period when Mr. Sarath N. Silva was the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka a certain piece of news was published in some newspapers of the country a rumour that the Chief Justice was arrested by the police that he was in the arms of a woman in the Diyawanna oya in Kotte, all naked. The police officers who arrested him had said that the person they arrested was someone by the name of Sarath Nanda Silva and proceeded to furnish evidence with numbers of a vehicle for having behaved in an indecent way in a public place. However, the Chief Justice rejected the accusation at that time and police higher ups at that time took steps to exonerate him and confirm him as the innocent party.

The former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva has explained the situation to a weekend newspaper . The explanation is as follows:
*A rumour spread around in newspapers at  that time that was harmful to your character.
 Yes ... it was published by Victor Ivan and Lasantha Wickramaratunga.

*What was that incident?
No ... what happened was that I was with a woman by the side of Diyawanna oya at about 8 in the night.    

*Is it wrong?
 It's a pleasant thing (smiling) if a woman is with me. The point is that there wasn't. Victor Ivan then publishes the story that I was in the nude there. People won't be near the Diyawanna in the nude at 8 o'clock in the nude. It's a nonsense.     
 I always leave the office by 8.30 in the night. At that time I was attending to courts in a number of areas in Sri Lanka. I had so much of duties. There are people in rows who come to meet me. I told the IGP to investigate and find out ..... and at the said hour I was at the Supreme Court. It has a security also. Even my house has another security. My arrivals and departures are recorded there. The IGP came and inquired and said that there's no truth in the allegation.
There was a talk that 2 police officers had made a statement. There was no such record to be found. I used official vehicles.I also had a private vehicle. There were no numbers in those vehicles .. only other numbers were used. He changed the talk and then said that it was the number of the lady's vehicle. I was a man who was working in the courts that day. I couldn't be inside a woman's vehicle all naked. So that news was published for sometime and then left to disappear.That's what they do.
*You say that it was a creation with the motive of slinging mud at you in a personal way?
 Yes ..... it was a creation .... there's no substance to it.                                 

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