Thajudeen murder probe: interference by top policeman

Dec 05, 2016

A top police officer is interfering with the investigations into the murder of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, say police sources. Investigations so far have revealed the identities of three more persons involved in the killing, but the top policeman in question is preventing their arrest.

At the related court hearing, the lawyer for the aggrieved party made submissions to the effect as to how attempts were being made to sweep the investigations under the carpet. Colombo additional magistrate Nishantha Peiris on the 30th ordered the CID to summon persons irrespective of their positions for questioning, if revelations are made through telephone lines to implicate Temple Trees and Carlton House.

 

The lawyer for the aggrieved party Misbah said that the second postmortem examination confirmed that Thajudeen had been murdered, and that he had not died in a vehicle accident. In the meantime, a lengthy article published by Australia's newspaper ‘The Australian’, titled ‘Phantoms of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s reign of terror’ revealed information about the Thajudeen murder too. The sister of Thajudeen has revealed to the writer of the article as to how the then political authority and officials attempted to show it was a vehicle accident.