Why did Shiranthi keep awake on the night Thajudeen was murdered?

Jan 25, 2017

The CID team investigating the murder of rugger player Wasim Thajudeen is having serious suspicions about the conduct of Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the first lady at the time, on the night of the killing, reports say.

The investigators had been requesting, for several months, a report into telephone conversation details of Temple Trees, but that report had been intentionally delayed at the intervention of senior DIG Wickremasinghe, who was in charge of the security of the former present as well as the incumbent.

 

After the CID informed about these interventions by DIG Wickremasinghe, the magistrate had ordered the chief of staff of the president to handover the required information immediately. When going through the information, the investigators found that there were 41 outgoing calls from a particular number. Further investigations revealed that it was the personal telephone number of Shiranthi Rajapaksa. 

 

Most of these calls had been given, some even after midnight, to the mobile phones of the then OIC of Narahenpita police and the headquarters inspector of Mt. Lavinia. She is to be summoned to the CID to get a clarification. 

 

On January 23, she marked her birthday with a party at Carlton House in Tangalle, and yesterday (24) the occasion was celebrated at the Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo residence, of which pictures are given belo