Munasinghe, leader of navy white van killer squad arrested : ex Navy Commander Karannagoda was fully aware of the operation

(Lanka-e-News- 19.March.2015, 11.00PM) The killing of ten   Sinhala, Muslim and Tamil students  residing at Matakkuliya and Trincomalee who passed the GCE adv. Level and had the eligibility requirement to enter Universities during the period 2008-2009  ,after having them abducted by the white Van  , (though 38 students were abducted there is evidence in respect of ten students only) were committed  by the Navy white van leader , ex Navy media spokesman, Commodore D.K.P. Dassanayake  , as revealed by the police media spokesman on March 2 nd had been proved half true .  These innocent children were killed by the navy white van murder squad after obtaining  extortion money from the parents of the children. Moreover , the actual leader of this ruthless murder squad is  the Flag officer Captain Munasinghe, the personal assistant to  the ex navy Commander Vasantha Karannagoda. The former had already been arrested, and is to be produced before court today or tomorrow , according to reports  reaching Lanka e news inside information division.

On that date  the police media spokesman said , Karannagoda provided the  information to the police , and that murder group was operating on the sly without his knowledge.

However based on the information unearthed by Lanka e news , the factual situation is :

The aforementioned Navy white van operations have been carried out under ex defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse and with the full knowledge of Vasantha Karannagoda , the navy commander at that time . It is on this account  , Sampath Munasinghe , the personal assistant to Karannagoda and most  close to him was chosen as the leader of the murder squad by Karannagoda himself.

12 Navy murderer officers  including Commodore D.K.P.D Dassanayake , Lieutenant Commodores Ranasinghe and Hettiarachi constituted this murder squad.

Later , Sampath Munasinghe has had an illicit affair with the spouse of Karannagoda, and when the latter came to know of this , Munasinghe had fled and gone into hiding. Karannagoda had then given orders to Dassanayake , the navy media spokesman to track down  his wife ‘s paramour and kill him somehow. Dassanayake however ,instead of abiding by Karannagoda’s order had arranged for Munasinghe to flee the country. Karannagoda who got wind of this attempt , in order  to take revenge on these two officers had complained to the CID  along  with the identity cards of the murdered children alleging that these two naval officers killed the children after abducting them.

When  Munasinghe heard of this , he had decided to disclose the truth . That is , by informing former army commander General Sarath Fonseka who was angry with  Karannagoda at that time of the actual events  via  a confession . Munasinghe had exposed that the white Van operations were carried out with the knowledge of Karannagoda , while pleading with Fonseka to provide him  ( Munasinghe) with security  knowing well his own vulnerability to retaliation.

Fonseka had advised Munasinghe, the only way he can be rescued  without getting  killed  is to surrender to the police , and handed over Munasinghe to the CID. At that time the media reported Navy Sampath who was involved in the white van operations was arrested. ‘Navy Samapath’ is this  Samapath Munasinghe. 

Sampath Munasinghe  was at that time married to  the daughter of Raja Collure an ex M.P. and a communist party politburo member.

Munasinghe , because of this relationship and since he murdered on behalf of Gotabaya , was held in police custody for a while until the public outcry and protest died down , and later released exonerated of all charges.

Now , it is this same incident that has surfaced again. Yet the police are only revealing part of it. That is, whitewashing Navy commander Karannagoda’s  criminal implications on the false premise that he knew nothing about the crimes , and fastening the blame entirely on his ‘buddies’ and lackeys while also taking advantage of the media reports about the abduction , extortions and murders of the children by the navy media spokesman . The reasons for this are many. One reason is : the moment Karannagoda’s criminal involvement is highlighted , naturally and obviously the spotlight also  falls on Gotabaya , the other accomplice if not direct murderer .

Like how it is very evident the president is currently not taking action against the Rajapakses over their criminal acts and involvements , another similar drama is in the making to make the inferior officers the scapegoats and liable for the stark murders  while safeguarding  the higher ups who gave the orders to commit the crimes.

In any event , a most incriminating evidence against Karannagoda had come to light . That is , during that period when the children were abducted  , when minister Felix Perera had inquired from Karannagoda about the fate of these innocent children ,  the latter had stated ,they are in the custody of the naval force. This is cogent and substantive evidence proving  that Karannagoda was fully aware of the whereabouts of the children and other details. 

It is most rudely shocking that despite  availability of such copious and cogent evidence , the deputy solicitor general Shavenndra  Fernando of the Attorney general’s  (AG) department  , it is learnt ,is acting in a manner that is militating against a fair investigation and favoring  the murderers , according to reports reaching Lanka e news. 

No matter what , Sampath Munasinghe the leader of the white van squad  is now held in custody by the CID. But what is intriguing and mystifying about this episode is , why this is not being revealed

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