Thajudeen murder case: GA ordered to probe defender vehicle

KAVINDYA PERERA-OCT 22 2018

Colombo Additional Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara on 19 October ordered the Government Analyst (GA) to probe whether any human body parts and explosives had been in the Defender bearing number KA 0642, used for the alleged abduction and murder of rugby player Wazim Thajudeen and if so to safeguard those items.

He gave this order following a request made to the Court through a motion to that effect by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The CID informed the Court that the defender vehicle in question had been issued by the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society for the project work of the Siriliya Saviya spearheaded by former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

The said defender vehicle has already been named as an item by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.