IGP, search these places too!
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Based on information received by us, we are requesting that the police raids for various valuable items that had been taken away illegally by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from Temple Trees and other state institutions be extended to cover the following locations too:1. The house at Hakmana road in Beliatte that belongs to the brother-in-law of Maj. Neville Silva, the chief bodyguard of the ex-president. (he has become wealthy within a very short period)
2. The house at Hakmana road in Beliatte that belongs to Sarath Amaraweera, who was a coordinator for Rajapaksa in Hambantota. A large number of computes and photo copiers are being kept here.
3. The houses and the offices of Bharatha and Murthi Kodithuwakku, who are top officials of Namal Rajapaksa’s Nil Balakaya.
4. The home of Capt. Tissa Wimalasena, the head of motor transport of the internal ring of the ex-president.
5. An eight-room villa at a 15-acre fruit cultivation at Dambe, Mailewa in Kataragama.
6. The house of Col. Mahendra Fernando, the bodyguard of former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage.
Mahinda Balasuriya had planned to arrest Maithri!
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Former IGP Mahinda Balasuriya, who had fled the country three days ago, had planned to arrest Maithripala Sirisena, had Mahinda Rajapaksa won the presidential election, say police department sources.
Mr. Sirisena was to be arrested based on a complaint by one Dhammika Bandara Illangasinghe that he had given foreign currency worth Rs. 160 million to one Athula Rohana Weerasinghe.
Illangasinghe had been given the complaint he had lodged, by Mahinda Balasuriya, who was the then secretary of the law and peace ministry. A group of lawyers had drafted the complaint at the ministry and given it to Illangasinghe to be filed.
Balasuriya had informed the IGP to act immediately with regard to the complaint, but the police chief had instead sought advice from the attorney general. Angered by that, Balasuriya had demanded the CID director to obtain a statement from Mr. Sirisena and produce him before courts. But, CID officials had refused to obey his order.
After all his attempts were foiled, Balasuriya had planned to sack the IGP and get the CID to arrest Mr. Sirisena, had Rajapaksa won. He had even prepared all the required documents. But, Balasuriya fled the country before the media came to know about this plan.
