180 police witnesses in Thajudeen case!

- May 05, 2016

Statements are to be recorded from nearly 180 policemen, who are witnesses in the case into the murder of rugger player Wasim Thajudeen, reports say.

Accordingly, more than half of the policemen who had been on duty at Narahepita police by May 2012 have already given statements to the CID.

 

Senior SP Chula de Silva, the officer in charge of Narahenpita police division at the time, gave a statement on May 03, while a statement was recorded from DIG of Colombo traffic division Amarasiri Senaratne yesterday (04).

 

Key figures in the case, the then OIC of Narahepita police Chief Inspector Damien Perera and retired senior DIG Anura Senanayake, who gave instructions to him, are yet to be summoned to the CID for questioning.

 

Although interested parties allege a delay in justice in connection with the Thajudeen murder case, the attorney general’s department has instructed the CID to file charges concrete based on unbreakable evidence even though it takes time.