By Shehan Chamika Silva
Slain journalist Lasantha wickramatunge had noted down the registration numbers of motor bikes, on his scrap book, while he was followed by those motor bikes before he was shot, said the CID at the court today.
Based on the statements given by the second suspect Sugathapala who was the crime OIC of Mount Lavinia Police and currently in remand custody, the CID said that the suspect had found the scrap-book from the vehicle of deceased wickramatunge at the crime scene.
However, under the instructions of then DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara who was in charge of Mount Lavinia Police, the second suspect sugathapala had handed over the original scrap book to the DIG and removed the pages of his police information book on which he included the details about his finding of a scrap-book of Lasantha Wickramatunge.
The CID said that suspect Sugathapala had included the registration numbers that he abstracted from the Lasantha's scrap-book on his police information book and photocopied the page before it was removed under the instructions of then DIG Nanayakkara.
The photocopy is currently under the custody of the CID officers, said Inspector of Police Nishantha Silva.
Meanwhile, Former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Prasanna Nanayakkara who was arrested for allegedly concealing and destructing the evidence of the initial investigation into the murder of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunga, was ordered to be remanded till February 16, 2018 by Mount Lavinia Magistrate Mohammed Mihar.
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