According to available information, Alappuzha native Sarathchandran Unnithan arrived in Sri Lanka on March 2 and was arrested for allegedly possessing ganja. He was later lodged in Negombo prison, where he died during the riots
The two days of violence at Negombo Prison are the worst prison riots in the country in years.
Inmates and guards killed in deadly fighting at Sri Lanka prison
Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail have killed at least 23 people, including four guards, and wounded more than 100 in the worst prison riot in more than five years, officials said on Monday. The wounded were rushed to the Negombo hospital, north of the capital Colombo, following overnight clashes between inmates from two drug gangs, police said. Hospital director Pushpa Gamlath said 23 bodies were brought to her state-run health facility, and more than 100 wounded inmates and guards were also...