Ex-IGP concealed Thajudeen murder evidence! 

Apr 27, 2016

Information is coming to light to indicate that N.K. Illangakoon, who retied as the IGP on April 11, too, had concealed evidence in the murder of rugger player Wasim Thajudeen, say police sources.

Illangakoon got the then CCD director Ranaweera to submit a detailed report into the killing on 17 May 2012. That report cleared stated that Thajudeen’s death was not due to a road accident, but that he had been murdered.

After the magistrate declared it to be a murder, top police officials had inquired from Ranaweera, presently the SSP of Ampara, and he replied that his investigation concluded it to be a murder. He has stressed that he had clearly stated that in the CCD report prepared in 2013.

That report received by the IGP in 2013 had been kept a secret until now. A well-known Mahinda loyalist, the ex-IGP had intentionally pushed the report under the carpet, thinking that it’s becoming public would bring much inconvenience to the Rajapaksa regime.

The crimes OIC of Narahenpita police at the time Sumith Champika Perera is already in remand custody over a charge of concealing evidence in the Thajudeen murder, and the then OIC of Narahenpita police is to be summoned to the CID to obtain a statement.

If justice is ensured against those who have concealed evidence in this killing, the law should be enforced against ex-IGP Illangakoon too, said top police officials who revealed the details to us.