-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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Is Douglas Devanda telling the truth or he is lying?.
His profession is LYING since he became a mp in Srilankan parliament.
If there were cctv cameras inside his office all the illicit dealings etc could haven recorded he could be in for more trouble.
-- by Sivasothy on 2016-03-25