| by Darshani Wimalasuriya
( November 12, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Guardian) J.D.C Jayasinghe alias Javigodage Don Charles Jayasinghe also known
as Muddaragama Kukul Charlie was accused of raping a young woman named
Maldeniyage Priyadharshani from Minuwangoda in 1999.Maldeniyage Priyadarshani
was a young girl who worked in a garment factory in Katunayaka. She was young,
attractive and naive. She was struggling to overcome the poverty and dreamed of
having a better life for her and for her family. When she met J.D.C. Jayasinghe
a senior officer attached to the Ministry of Health in 1999 Jayasinghe promised
her to find a government job in the Minuwangoda Hospital. She was overjoyed and
highly enthusiastic about the new job in a government hospital -working as a
female sanitary laborer. J.D.C. Jayasinghe boasted his contacts at the Health
Ministry and promised Priyadarshani that she would be getting the job soon. Maldeniyage
Priyadarshani was convinced that this kind gentleman, a fatherly figure was
going to help her and find a pensionable government job. One day he asked her
to come for a job interview and took her to a hotel room and then forcibly
raped her. Her world fell apart and she could not face neither the family nor
the society. Her dream of becoming a bride and to have a loving family , a good
job was destroyed by a sexual predator.
After the rape J.D.C. Jayasinghe avoided
Priyadarshani and even threatened her. The girl took a bold decision to go to
his native village Muddaragama - Mirigama and meet the Garama Niladhari Mr S. A
Jayathissa. She told her everything and made a complaint against the rapist
J.D.C. Jayasinghe. According to some eye witnesses she had given him a written
statement about the incident. The Garama Niladhari was not helpful. He was
indifferent and asking her to drop the charges against Jayasinghe. Some of the
Muddaragama villagers who were present at the occasion say that the Grama Niladhari
even told Priyadarshani Kalu Gala Oluvaghaganna Eppa – do not smash your head
against a rock.
Priyadarshani was disappointed and
realized that the Garama Niladhari Mr S. A Jayathissa was not going to help
her, then she decided to go even further . She wanted to lodge a complaint at
the Mirigama Police Station. Miss Maldeniyage Priyadarshani did not know that
the Garama Niladhari Mr S. A Jayathissa was a close associate of the rapist.
The Grama Niladhari constantly discouraged her going to the Mirigama Police
Station. But she was determined to press charges. While she went to the Police
Garama Niladhari Mr S. A Jayathissa contacted J.D.C. Jayasinghe and told him
about the girl and her intentions. The perpetrator immediately used his civil
and political contacts. When the girl went to the Mirigama Police the The
officers were harsh to her and did not want to write her complaint. She had no
alternative and she left the Police Station with utter humiliation.
After this incident J.D.C. Jayasinghe
constantly threatened her and she could not even go to work. She was cheated
and raped by J.D.C. Jayasinghe and he was intimidating her. She had no option
and she decided to commit suicide. On the 2nd of November 1999 Maldeniyage
Priyadarshani consumed pesticides and died at the Gampaha Hospital. Her life
was savagely consumed by a monstrous man who showed a decent face to the
society. After her death J.D.C. Jayasinghe took extreme actions to neutralize
the witnesses and erased every trace of the rape.
Some witnesses who knew the incident and
the complaint that she made to the Garama Niladhari -Mr S. A Jayathissa urged
him to come forward and do the justice for the late Maldeniyage Priyadarshani.
But the Grama Niladhari was supporting the rapist throughout. When J.D.C.
Jayasinghe came to know that a few villagers of Muddaragama tried to go against
him he severely warned them not to get involved or give evidence against him.
He even told them – Vadiya dangaluvoth Kassipu case ekkakata patalavala
umbalava rimand karavanava – I will fix you people for an illicit liquor charge
and remand all of you.
Mr P. Pathiranage and Mrs Kamalini
Wijthilaka of the Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR) took effort to bring
this case to justice but the Grama Niladhari S.A Jayatrhissa refused to give
evidence against the rapist or submit the written complaint of Priyadarshani.
Hence the case was closed. The rapist went free.
Our investigations revel many facts
about JDC Jayasinghe. The Muddaragama villagers call him Kukul Charli for his
notorious drinking habits and sexual predation. There were many complaints
against him and recently the Principal of Gampaha Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya
Mrs Hema Jayawardane informed us that she had to confront with Mr JDC
Jayasinghe when he inappropriately touched a young school girl at the college
premises. The Principal Mrs Hema Jayawardane had warned Jayasinghe for touching
a school girl with sexual intentions and reprimanded him. This incident was
reported by the Ravaya newspaper. But a Politian from Gampaha district
intervened on Jayasinghe’s behalf and no action was taken against JDC
Jayasinghe.
In addition to these allegations Mr JDC
Jayasinghe was charged with financial fraud when he was attached to the
Ministry of Environment says Mr Rathnadasa Millawitiya – a former senior office
of the Ministry of Environment. According to Mr Rathnadasa Millawitiya
following these financial irregularities and drinking alcohol in official hours
the Minister Mahinda Wijesekara disgracefully removed JDC Jayasinghe from his
ministry. Mr Millawitiya further says that regardless of these wrongdoings JDC
Jayasinghe was able to survive in the Public Administration following the
political backing. Recently J.D.C.Jayasinghe has been appointed as the Official
Languages Commissioner.
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