Army officer who wrote ’I killed Lasantha’ before hanging was 100 kilometers away on day Lasantha was killed !

(Lanka-e-News -23.Oct.2016, 10.00PM)  The retired sergeant major  Jayamanne who is supposed to have committed suicide  after leaving a note in connection with the murder of Lasantha Wickremetunge, on the day of suicide had  been at a place 100 kilometers away from the venue where  Lasantha was  murdered , police investigations have revealed , said Ajith Perera , the deputy minister of  power and renewable energy.

The minister made this disclosure when he attended a workshop conducted for  the UNP members  at Bandaragama.

''During the Rajapakse administration, because  Sunday Leader newspaper editor Lasantha was continuously  writing against  Rajapakses  and exposing the robberies in detail , and how during the war the country was pillaged and plundered by them supported with facts and figures most truthfully , the Rajapakses who were enraged killed Lasantha.

Not only did they keep way from conducting an investigation into Lasantha’s murder , they concocted and propagated all false stories about it.

At this juncture , when our efficient police are investigating this and are tracking down the culprits , and when it is in the final stage , a retired individual who  was  in the intelligence service of the forces suddenly dies. In order to rescue the suspect who is in incarceration , writes a note that , ‘ I killed Lasantha’ before he died. 

Such mysterious deaths   are likely after committing a wrong because of  mental torment or before being arrested  . But at that moment writing a letter and leaving it is suspicion ridden , and anybody is bound to suspect it . Therefore people are asking whether he died due to hanging or he was hanged after killing?’

By now it has come to light based on the investigations so far , this individual who supposedly committed suicide was in his village on the day Lasantha was murdered. That is about 100 kilometers away. Based on his phone call  details this has been uncovered. 

Hence it is most intriguing how that individual could say he  killed Lasantha when he  has been 100 kilometers away from the place where Lasantha was murdered on that fateful day.  Suspicions have therefore been aroused. Hence , it is  a reasonable doubt  that those who committed the murder then are now committing more murders to conceal the crime. Following the investigations , based on the latest developments, we are led to suspect justifiably that those who killed even though are sans power now , are still continuing with their killings in order to mislead the investigators and the public.''

(Thanks to Nayanadula Sendanayake – Lankadeepa)
Translated by Jeff

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