What has happened to the autopsy report into Welikada murders?

Feb 07, 2017

The ‘Yahapaalana’ regime too, is trying a cover-up within the judicial system, making it a mere promise at the election platform it has given to punish those responsible for the Welikada genocide, one of the crimes against humanity committed openly during the Rajapaksa regime that can be proven with evidence, reports say.

Between 09 and 10 of November 2012, the STF and the military murdered 27 inmates. As prison records were destroyed in the incident, it is suspicious if any inmates had fled during the carnage. There is many evidence of how a clash was intentionally started and using it as a pretext, inmates were handpicked, told to stand against the wall and shot. However, nobody knows as to what had happened to the setting-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief style investigation reports of the Rajapaksa regime. The present government appointed a committee in January 2015 and its final report was handed over to prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and justice minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa on 09 June in that year, but nothing further seems to have happened.

Former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is directly responsible for this crime, but it is clear the ‘Yahapaalana’ regime will not take legal action against him. Distorting its good governance label, it only strikes political deals with the Rajapaksa camp and does nothing to serve justice. Despite repeated inquiries by the police and the CID, the autopsy report is yet to be released. Our question is as to who is preventing the release of the autopsy report, and as to who has mediated to save Gotabhaya, Anura Senanayake and the other criminals.

Will keep a close watch until justice is served on behalf of the victims…..