NITF to pay Rs6mn to families of slain jailers in Negombo Prison riot
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) will pay six 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 Manager (Marketing) of the National Insurance Trust Fund said, noting that preliminary data has already been exchanged with the Department of Prisons head office.
The total allocation of 6 million rupees will be distributed among the beneficiaries once formal claim applications are completed.
All eight victims were married, and the compensation will be directed to their surviving spouses and children.
The Agrahara insurance scheme is a mandatory health and life cover designed for Sri Lanka’s public sector employees, managed exclusively by the NITF to provide a social safety net during critical mishaps.
Officials reiterated that the NITF remains positioned as a crucial state apparatus to fulfill the government’s welfare obligations during unexpected disasters, ensuring the Negombo claims will be completely processed within the coming days.
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