Four druggies to be blamed for the attack on JSC Secretary

Tuesday, 09 October 2012

Four druggies are to be blamed for the attack on the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Secretary Manjula Thilekaratne on Sunday morning, police sources said.

A special police investigations unit has carried out a clearing operation in Mount Lavinia and surrounding areas to apprehend drug users and dealers and a large number of persons had been arrested. Sources said the attempt is to pick four of the arrested lot and ask them to confess to attacking Thilekaratne.

They are to be forced into stating that they had attacked the secretary to rob him and not based on any political agendas.

Meanwhile, it is also learnt that another special police investigations unit is exploring the possibility of blaming additional district judge Aravinda Perera, who has been suspended from work, or the Naula Magistrate’s father for the attack.

Also, President’s coordinating secretary for parliamentary affairs, Kumarasiri Hettige had met the Anuradhapura High Court Judge, Gamini Edirisinghe and asked him to give an affidavit saying he has faced undue pressure from the JSC Secretary. Hettige has been assigned the task of carrying out the campaign against the Chief Justice and the JSC Secretary by the President.

The judge has been promised a promotion and diplomatic posting when he retires.

Reliable sources say that information gathered by Hettige from various members of the judiciary are studied and compiled in a legal manner before publishing under supervision of Chief Justice and Presidential Advisor Ashoka de Silva.