Stoning of north camps, a fabrication by Jaffna commander!

Thursday, 22 January 2015 

Jaffna security forces commander Maj. Gen. Jagath Alwis is the unseen hand behind the false rumours that northern military camps are being targeted in stone attacks, soldiers are being withdrawn and the camps closed following the election of Maithripala Sirisena as the president, say reliable sources.

Information is surfacing that the master of Alwis, former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, had planned to convince the northern people that the LTTE diaspora was behind Mr. Sirisena’s victory and to create communal trouble, the sources say.

On Alwis’ instructions, a group of military intelligence personnel had put up LTTE flags at several locations in Jaffna and photographed them, which were later to be posted in social websites and websites loyal to the Rajapaksas.  However, the plan was not implemented at the last moment.

A most trusted officer of Gotabhaya, Alwis was the head of the presidential security division for several years. He is so much trusted by the Rajapaksas that he was appointed as the Jaffna commander prior to the election, removing another Gotabhaya confidant, Maj. Gen. Udaya Perera from the position.