An attempt on life of Rajapakses’ hired assassin captain Bharatha : like father, son too seeking to liquidate witnesses !

(Lanka-e-News -01.Sep.2016, 6.45PM) There had been an abortive attempt on the life of Army Captain Baratha Kodituwakku a main hired assassin (now under interdiction ) of Lakshman Namal Rajapakse , who   committed a number of crimes during the nefarious decade on behalf of Namal.

Kodituwakku who was attached to the third Gemunu Hewa army camp , Matara as a commanding officer,  during the nefarious decade had on behalf of Namal engaged in  illicit treasure digging , extortion , murdered enemies,  and abducted  young girls and gave  them over to Namal for his bed diet.

Currently ,  he is a prime witness in the cases pertaining to the criminal activities of Namal.

Kodituwakku who was released from remand custody on bail , was  shot at with a T56 weapon on the 30 th of August by a group that arrived  in a white Mazda vehicle at about 7.50 p.m in front of Ruhunu University, Wellamadama, Matara. However , since the firearm failed to fire , Kodituwakku  has managed to  run into the Ruhunu University and hid in order to save his life.

The University security officers who witnessed this had handed over Kodituwakku to the police. On the following morning, that is on the 31 st at about 9.15 , the Van in which the suspects had come was  found abandoned in the Kurunduwatte Junior Vidyalaya playground. A mobile phone hidden  under the driver’s seat  and  a bag suspected to have contained the firearm that was used for the shooting  had been detected and taken into the custody by the police .The police had also discovered that the revenue license and the registration number  of this vehicle are fake.

Captain Baratha Kodituwakku and his brother Captain Moorthy Kodituwakku are bosom pals of Namal Rajapakse. Moorthy was  a chief of Namal’s Nil Balakaya , and also his co ordinating secretary . It were  these two brothers who dug for treasure in the vicinity of  Asapuwa Aaranyasena , Athudawe , Matara .

When  Baratha was the commanding officer in the Matara camp of third Gemunu hewa commanding force ,  he had been unleashing  brutalities and violence against those who politically opposed the Rajapakses in Matara - beating and assaulting them ruthlessly . It was Baratha who also  enlisted ‘Ambalame Suddha’ an underworld criminal to work as Namal’s hired assassin , and to help in their criminal activities.

Baratha as was always the case with all those murderers and criminals associated  with  Rajapakses , he  too had derived maximum benefits from Namal ( oblivious of national interests and people’s legitimate needs).  One such benefit conferred on Bharatha was : 8 buses of Baratha are plying along Matara- Colombo expressway.

Southern provincial council  former minister Danny Hiththetiya was also murdered by Madusha Lakshan withBaratha’s support . Subsequently , when Lakshan was arrested , it was Baratha again who liquidated him , and destroyed evidence. Based on the 30 th shooting episode  , now it is clear the necessity to destroy  evidence , that is of Baratha the witness has arrived.

It is no secret that it had been the practice not only of corrupt and cruel Namal Rajapakse but even his father Mahinda Rajapakse who is by now a byword for corruption and criminalities during their murderous history , to liquidate their enemies using the underworld criminals ,  and thereafter enlist others to murder those  hired killers thereby wiping out evidence .

Taking advantage of the 1988 -89 unrest and violence  , it was ‘Chandi Malli’ who was used to kill a number of popular lawyers of the district who they suspected may be their rivals , and Chandi Malli the hired assassin was murdered through Wambotta .

To kill Wambotta ,  Gotabaya Rajapakse , (Mahinda’s younger brother ) used his security divisions .  By that time Gotabaya had become the defense secretary .  Although these have not been proved so far in courts , all those who know the facts would not hesitate to testify.

In the circumstances , the latest attempt on the life of hired assassin Baratha Kodituwakku is not just another ‘murder attempt’  on just another individual .

By a special correspondent
Translated by Jeff