Tigers are in the government lap. not with us - Dinesh
- Saturday, 16 November 2013
Former MP of the UNP, attorney Dinesh Dodamgoda says the attempt of the state media is to portray a wrong image of him personally, and of the UNP.There is no truth to the reports being given wide publicity by certain media that a man suspected to be a Tiger terrorist had been arrested from his vehicle near Sirikotha yesterday. Mr. Dodamgoda stresses that in actual fact, the Tigers are in the government lap and not in his vehicle.
He says that following the successful conclusion of the human rights festival organized by Samagi Balawegaya despite a court order and organized gangs of government thugs, a representative from the North of Dr. Vikramabahu Karunaratne’s NSSP requested him to drop him at the Colombo Fort railway station.
As he was leaving Sirikotha for home, police stopped his vehicle and said all vehicles should be searched on an order by the Defence Secretary.
Police, including the Mirihana HQI inspector, searched the vehicle and arrested the NSSP representative, saying it should be determined whether he is a ‘Tiger terrorist’ and released him and his vehicle, says Mr. Dodamgoda.
As there was nothing against him, the NSSP member was released on the same night.
Although that was what had happened, certain media are only reporting that a suspected Tiger terrorist was arrested from his vehicle, without reporting the full incident, he adds.
Meanwhile, NSSP leader Dr. Vikramabahu Karunaratne says in a statement, that the arrested associate of his party, Parimalarasa Sutharsan, complains that he was tortured by the police when he was in custody.
“We will take action regarding that in future. We highly condemn the media who carried out false propaganda stating that Mr. Dinesh Dodangoda was a supporter of LTTE. Only at our request he accompanied Com. Parimalarasa to the bus halt.”
“We strongly condemn the government for using state terrorism and thuggary against the innocent people who came from North to make our event a success,” the statement adds.
