Retired senior DIG Anura Senanayake to be arrested!
- Feb 25, 2016
After a lapse of four years, the Colombo magistrate ruled Thajudeen had been murdered, and the CID is investigating to arrest three policemen as per a court order to apprehend the suspects and produce them before courts, say reliable sources.
It was this same Colombo additional magistrate Nishantha Peiris, who gave the ruling today (25), that determined four years ago that Thajudeen died in a vehicle accident.
Despite the presence of adequate evidence to show Thajudeen had been killed, the magistrate had resorted to delaying tactics until 13 months had gone by since the ‘Yahapaalana’ government had come to power, which had posed a big question for the attorney general’s department, CID and the justice ministry.
With his ruling today, that question has been answered.
Now, there is a list of 16 suspects, and they will be arrested upon the establishment of the circumstantial evidence. The first to be arrested is retired senior DIG Anura Senanayake, who had been in charge of the investigation and is responsible for the disappearance of relevant case documents under his charge.
Also, the two HQIs of Kirulapone and Narahenpita police at the time of the murder on 17 May 2012, too, will be arrested, say the sources. Several of them have agreed to make statements at the magistrate’s chamber, the sources add.
Despite the presence of adequate evidence to show Thajudeen had been killed, the magistrate had resorted to delaying tactics until 13 months had gone by since the ‘Yahapaalana’ government had come to power, which had posed a big question for the attorney general’s department, CID and the justice ministry.
With his ruling today, that question has been answered.
Now, there is a list of 16 suspects, and they will be arrested upon the establishment of the circumstantial evidence. The first to be arrested is retired senior DIG Anura Senanayake, who had been in charge of the investigation and is responsible for the disappearance of relevant case documents under his charge.
Also, the two HQIs of Kirulapone and Narahenpita police at the time of the murder on 17 May 2012, too, will be arrested, say the sources. Several of them have agreed to make statements at the magistrate’s chamber, the sources add.
