By Shehan Chamika SilvaDeputy Solicitor General Dilan Ratnayake today told Court that the prosecution was expecting to conduct a DNA test with the assistance of 'Gentech' on the 25 body parts removed from SAITM in connection with the investigation into Wasim Thajudeen's the missing body parts.
The CID assisted by several experts searched the SAITM Laboratory based on information that the former JMO Ananda Samarasekara had dispatched some of the body parts to SAITM.
The DSG also told Court that the phone calls on four telephone numbers received by former Narahenpita OIC Damian Perera were being probed.
He said the investigations into the actions Mr. Samarasekera by the Sri Lanka Medical Council is being delayed.
The CID said the original documents relating to the handing over of the body parts to SAITM by him in 2013 had not been given to the CID.
However, Counsel who appeared for SAITM told Court that all the assistance had been provided to the prosecution for the search.
Appearing for the aggrieved party, Counsel Misba Sathar sought court to impose appropriate directives with regard to ex-DIG Anura Senanayake being treated at the paying ward at the Colombo National Hospital.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris fixed October 19 to rule on this matter after considering the Medical Ordinance, Prison Ordinance and the international legal provisions over inmates rights.
The Magistrate also directed the prosecution to continue their investigation after obtaining DNA reports on the body parts. He also said that after considering the medical ordinance and the gazette relating to the Medical Service, he would make a ruling on the inquiry into the former JMO by the SLMC.
The prosecution said the suspects -- former SDIG Anura Senanayake and former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera -- have been charged under Sections 113 (Conspiracy) and 32 (Liability for act done by several persons in furtherance of acommon intention) of the Penal Code, and that according to the provisions in Section 13 of the Bail Act, a person who had been charged with an offence punishable with death or with life imprisonment, shall not be released on bail except by a judge of the High Court.
Considering that the suspects had already filed revision bail applications in the High Court, the magistrate re-remanded the suspects till October 19.
The former SDIG and the former Crimes OIC have also been charged with causing the disappearance of evidence, fabricating false evidence, using it to shield the offender and conspiring under Clauses of 189, 198 and 296 of the Penal Code.
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