Thajudeen Murder: PSD officers under cloud of CID

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Deputy Solicitor General Dilan Ratnayake today told the court that the CID is conducting a broad investigation over the improper removal of pages from the‘Daily Duty Information Book’ of the President’s Security Division pertaining to the time period of May 10-22, 2012, which was the period during that Wasim Thajudeen was killed.

Filing a further report, the CID informed the court that two army officials were interrogated recently over the suspicious phone calls received to the officer, who was responsible on the PSD’s Daily Duty Information Book during the so-called time period and victim’s friend, Chaminda Jayaprakash, who had traveled with Thajudeen in his car before it was destroyed by fire.

Further more, DSG said the internal inquiry conducted against former chief JMO Ananda Sanaraseka by the Sri Lanka Medical Council would be end on April 21.

An inquiry is being conducted by the SLMC against former chief JMO Ananda Samarasekara, Shriyantha Amararatne and C.K. Rajaguru over the missing body parts of the Wasim Thajudeen and the misdeeds occurred while the post mortem of Thajudeen was conducted.

On an earlier occasion, the Genetech also informed court that the DNA test conducted on the recovered 19 femur bone pieces and seven bone pieces of chest area at the SAITM laboratory was negative with DNAs of Thajudeen's mother.

Former SDIG Anura Senanayake and former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera had been charged under Sections 113 (Conspiracy) and 32 (Liability for act done by several persons in furtherance of a common intention) of the Penal Code by the prosecution.

They were also 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

However, first suspect, Sumith Perera was granted bail by the Colombo High Court on earlier occasion following a revision application filed on behalf of the suspect.

Considering that the suspect, Anura Senanayake had already filed revision bail applications in the High Court, Additional Magistrate Jeyaram Trotsky re-remanded the suspect till April 27 and also directed other suspect to be appeared in court on the date.