Based on the statement given by Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka into the incident, the CID told court today that a special unit had operated under the supervision of former head of the Intelligence Services, Kapila Henda Witharana to attack the Media during the time period that Lasantha Wickrematunga was shot dead.
Filing a further report into the inquiry conducted on the killing of former Sunday Leader editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge, the CID informed court that it had recorded a comprehensive statement from former Commander of Si Lanka Army, Sarath Fonseka over the incident.
In his statement, Mr. Fonseka had informed the CID that he was unaware about the security situation around the Colombo division, since Major General Ajith Perera was assigned handle the security in that particular area.
Later, the prosecution had also recorded a statement from retired Major General Perera over the incident. However, in his statement, he had also ascertained his unawareness into the incident of the killing of Lasantha Wickrematunge, said the CID.
The CID also informed the court that based on the experts’ analytical report pertaining to the second post mortem conducted on the corpus of Mr. Wickrematunge, the victim’s death had been occurred beacause of the damage caused to his brain due to an attack extended on his head severely using a sharp weapon.
Further inquiry was put off for June 19 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohammad Mihar.
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles shot Mr. Lasantha dead on his way to work in Colombo on January 8, 2009.
No comments:
Post a Comment