Thajudeen murder: CCTV camera video footage depicting Namal to be sent abroad for final analysis

-2 more months time requested to complete investigation -

(Lanka-e-News -24.March.2016, 4.45PM)   It is necessary that the  CCTV recording pertaining to the murder of Wasim Thajudeen , the rugby player , which depicts Namal Rajapakse be sent abroad for confirmation  via  scientific analysis and this is in its final stage, the CID told court.

The state counsel Dilan Ratnayake on behalf of the Attorney General (AG) made a request to Colombo additional magistrate Nishantha Peiris today (23) to grant two months time, since  more time is needed to conclude the investigations into the murder of Mohomed Wasim Thajudeen. He also revealed that profound investigations are on going.

The CID while submitting a further report to the court said, since  2016/02/28 until today ,  11 persons including police officers have been interrogated at length , and based on the revelations made in those  statements , further investigations are continuing. The CID also revealed to court , although the court gave an order to the Registrar of  Sri Lanka Medical council to forward a report after  probing  into the disappearance of parts of Thajudeen’s  body –the heart and bones that went missing after those were taken for examination by the medical officers  including former specialist judicial medical officer Ananda Samarasekera who conducted the preliminary post mortem examination, so far that report has not been furnished .

The initial steps have been taken to analyze  the CCTV recording , and the cost towards that is being determined. Thereafter , as a final step the CCTV recording shall be sent overseas for analysis, the CID further informed  court.

In addition, a court directive dated 2016/03/ 03, was obtained and  the court  issued an order to Douglas Devananda M.P. to obtain the hard disc of the CCTV camera installed in his  office situated at  121, Hick road, Colombo 5. In response to that however ,    a letter has been forwarded  certifying , by that time there were  no CCTV camera facilities at Devananda’s office, the CID intimated to court.

The magistrate after considering the submissions ordered that the investigations shall be expedited and a report on the progress be  furnished on  the 12 th of May – the next date of hearing.

 (Our thanks to Siranjani Kumari of the Dinamina)

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