I was a Co-ordinating Officer When Rajitha’s PRA abducted JVP members – Gota

( January 8, 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) When organizations such as PRA headed by Rajitha Senaratana, a Cabinet Minister and the Government Spokesman, abducted members of the JVP he was attached to the Army and he was the coordinating officer for Matale says former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

He said this to the media when he came out of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate and inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) after being questioned yesterday (7th).

On 26th November 2012 workers clearing the land at Matale Hospital compound found remains of humans and further investigations revealed it was a mass grave.

More than 155 skeletal remains were found in excavations carried out later. Archeologists and forensic medical officers determined that certain skeleton remains found were that of persons who had been tortured and killed by severing the head during the 88-99 period.