04 April, 2012
A senior police official conducting the criminal inquiry of the murder of a presidential advisor was issued notice to appear in person on 17 April after the police officers failed to appear in court on Wednesday.
A senior police official conducting the criminal inquiry of the murder of a presidential advisor was issued notice to appear in person on 17 April after the police officers failed to appear in court on Wednesday.Colombo additional magistrate issued the notice to the officer in charge of the police criminal investigation department’s (CID) division3 after no investigators turn up for the Bharatha Lakshman Preamchandra murder investigation hearing.
Mr Premachandra was shot dead allegedly by a rival group led by ruling party MP, Duminda Silva on 08 October, 2011 in Kolonnawa, a Colombo suburb.
Mr Silva, who also sustained serious injuries to the head in the shooting, is currently being treated reportedly in Singapore.
During the previous hearing, the CID was ordered to inform the court about the whereabouts and the condition of Duminda Silva, who was named as a murder suspect by the court.
The CID was also ordered to report on the possibility of arresting the Colombo district ruling party MP.
Duminda Silva worked as an advisor to the ministry of defence (MoD) at the time of the shooting.
The police in Sri Lanka currently come under the purview of the MoD. While President Mahinda Rajapaksa holds the portfolio, his brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is the secretary to the ministry.
