Gota & Fonseka to be questioned regarding Eknaligoda disappearance

WEDNESDAY, 26 AUGUST 2015

Former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former Army chief Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka are be questioned regarding the disappearance of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda say reports.  The questioning is based on information given by an arrested ex-LTTE spy Suresh Kumar alias Thavendran say police sources.

Thavendran, who had an operative under LTTE intelligence leader Kapil Amman, has exposed several secret missions by the Army intelligence.

The CID also has found out during its investigations that Sri Lanka Army’s intelligence unit had maintained a shadow LTTE group, which had had links with Prageeth Ekneligoda.

Members of this shadow group, run with the instructions of the defense ministry, were LTTE spies who had surrendered to the Army and intelligence personnel proficient in the Tamil language.

Statements  also are to be recorded from former Army commander Jagath Jayasuriya and several Army intelligence personnel, including Maj. Gen. Kapila Hendavitarana, Maj. Gen. Amal Karunasekara, Maj. Gen. Janmika Liyanage and Brig. Wanniarachchi, the sources say.

Army intelligence unit’s Lt. Col. Kumara Ratnayake, Lt. Col. Siriwardena, Staff Sergeant Rajapakse, Corporal Jayalath, a Sergeant Major and another Tamil man have been arrested in connection with Ekneligoda’s disappearance.