Suspect in Kurunegala constable murder liquidated to suppress Basil and Lansa’s links with him
(Lanka-e-News- 20.May.2014, 11.30PM) The suspect Kahandawala Arachchige Tharuka Nilan who was arrested on the 18 th was killed within a few hours by the police in order to conceal the secret criminal links he had with the Rajapakses and before those could get exposed . The deceased was taken into custody in connection with the abduction of two police officers who were on duty at Gettuwana junction , and the murder of one of them , according to reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.
When Tharuka was arrested , the latter had immediately said , he wanted to speak to Basil Rajapakse. In his mobile phone , a most confidential telephone number of Basil had been there. However when Basil and Gotabaya were contacted in this regard by the CID, the latter had been instructed by them to ‘gahalla dhaapan’ (finish him off).
Accordingly within hours the suspect was taken to the Kalugala Mukulana jungle in Rangala police division and liquidated.
The most intriguing part of this killing is , at least the other police officer , Ajith Weerasuriya who escaped death on the day of the incident could have been able to identify the suspect , but this identification was not done , and the suspect was hurriedly killed even before that for obvious reasons.
What’s more ? even a statement of the suspect who was arrested had not been recorded. In fact the police of the division had been in the dark over this arrest and murder. This ghastly murder of the suspect and the laying the groundwork for it had been done by the CID.
Tharuka who was arrested is one of the six members of an underworld gang who have been used by the politicos very closely associated with the Rajapakses, to commit crimes at their behest during elections.
Tharuka had last served the Rajapakse criminal agendas when he took part in the election campaign of Negombo Lansa , who is mollycoddled by the Rajapakses and is their pet heroin dealer. Lansa had provided a secured house at Mugalla , Katana and provided all the comforts and protection in order to these underworld criminals to accomplish his own illegal and most infernal objectives. On some occasions they have even acted as Lansa’s bodyguards. Basil had also chosen Tharuka and his gang for his criminal activities.
Among the weapons given to this gang were , an automatic 84 S firearm and two T 56 weapons. Since this gang had been enjoying full patronage and protection from Basil and Lansa , they have committed robberies with impunity in Negombo, Nittambuwa and Minuwangoda . During the period of Wayambe elections too , this underworld group and Tharuka had been included in the gang of goons of a candidate - a Rajapakse son pampered by Rajapakses . They have therefore been roaming threateningly everywhere in Kurunegala.
Other underworld members of Tharuka’s gang were Gandara Rohitha and Akuressa Niluka alias Rathnapriya alias army Niluka .In all probability these members will also in the end suffer the same fate of Tharuka , because their secret links with the Rajapakses have come to light .
Rajapakse’s police spokesman even prior to the arrest of Tharuka concocted fairy tales : the two police officers were having liquor inside the van with the murderers , and it was just an issue involving women. Now after killing the suspected assassin , an entirely different story is being circulated.
The Rajapakses’ police spokesman now says, the CID shot down the suspect involved in the police officer assassination , when the suspect tried to hurl two hand bombs at the CID ,that were hidden at a place at Ududambara , Kalugala , when the CID took him to show to them the hidden firearm matching the cartridge casing that was wrested from the suspect by the other police officer who grappled with the suspects and managed to escape death on the day of the tragedy .
The magistrate too had camouflaged the investigation and concluded even without visiting the scene of killing , that it is in self defense the murder had been committed. In other words the entire inquiry is a sham and absolutely illegal.
There may be no objections from within the police to the killing of an underworld criminal after taking him to a place to discover where the weapon is hidden , but in this instance , the police rank and file are in bitter resentment over the killing of this suspect clandestinely and the attempt to hush it up from the police force itself , in a grave case where the suspect had murdered a police officer which is a serious crime. Moreover , it is to be noted, a statement had not even been recorded of this suspect who was killed.
(Lanka-e-News- 20.May.2014, 11.30PM) The suspect Kahandawala Arachchige Tharuka Nilan who was arrested on the 18 th was killed within a few hours by the police in order to conceal the secret criminal links he had with the Rajapakses and before those could get exposed . The deceased was taken into custody in connection with the abduction of two police officers who were on duty at Gettuwana junction , and the murder of one of them , according to reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.When Tharuka was arrested , the latter had immediately said , he wanted to speak to Basil Rajapakse. In his mobile phone , a most confidential telephone number of Basil had been there. However when Basil and Gotabaya were contacted in this regard by the CID, the latter had been instructed by them to ‘gahalla dhaapan’ (finish him off).
Accordingly within hours the suspect was taken to the Kalugala Mukulana jungle in Rangala police division and liquidated.
The most intriguing part of this killing is , at least the other police officer , Ajith Weerasuriya who escaped death on the day of the incident could have been able to identify the suspect , but this identification was not done , and the suspect was hurriedly killed even before that for obvious reasons.
What’s more ? even a statement of the suspect who was arrested had not been recorded. In fact the police of the division had been in the dark over this arrest and murder. This ghastly murder of the suspect and the laying the groundwork for it had been done by the CID.
Tharuka who was arrested is one of the six members of an underworld gang who have been used by the politicos very closely associated with the Rajapakses, to commit crimes at their behest during elections.
Tharuka had last served the Rajapakse criminal agendas when he took part in the election campaign of Negombo Lansa , who is mollycoddled by the Rajapakses and is their pet heroin dealer. Lansa had provided a secured house at Mugalla , Katana and provided all the comforts and protection in order to these underworld criminals to accomplish his own illegal and most infernal objectives. On some occasions they have even acted as Lansa’s bodyguards. Basil had also chosen Tharuka and his gang for his criminal activities.
Among the weapons given to this gang were , an automatic 84 S firearm and two T 56 weapons. Since this gang had been enjoying full patronage and protection from Basil and Lansa , they have committed robberies with impunity in Negombo, Nittambuwa and Minuwangoda . During the period of Wayambe elections too , this underworld group and Tharuka had been included in the gang of goons of a candidate - a Rajapakse son pampered by Rajapakses . They have therefore been roaming threateningly everywhere in Kurunegala.
Other underworld members of Tharuka’s gang were Gandara Rohitha and Akuressa Niluka alias Rathnapriya alias army Niluka .In all probability these members will also in the end suffer the same fate of Tharuka , because their secret links with the Rajapakses have come to light .
Rajapakse’s police spokesman even prior to the arrest of Tharuka concocted fairy tales : the two police officers were having liquor inside the van with the murderers , and it was just an issue involving women. Now after killing the suspected assassin , an entirely different story is being circulated.
The Rajapakses’ police spokesman now says, the CID shot down the suspect involved in the police officer assassination , when the suspect tried to hurl two hand bombs at the CID ,that were hidden at a place at Ududambara , Kalugala , when the CID took him to show to them the hidden firearm matching the cartridge casing that was wrested from the suspect by the other police officer who grappled with the suspects and managed to escape death on the day of the tragedy .
The magistrate too had camouflaged the investigation and concluded even without visiting the scene of killing , that it is in self defense the murder had been committed. In other words the entire inquiry is a sham and absolutely illegal.
There may be no objections from within the police to the killing of an underworld criminal after taking him to a place to discover where the weapon is hidden , but in this instance , the police rank and file are in bitter resentment over the killing of this suspect clandestinely and the attempt to hush it up from the police force itself , in a grave case where the suspect had murdered a police officer which is a serious crime. Moreover , it is to be noted, a statement had not even been recorded of this suspect who was killed.
