Concealing Evidence in Lasantha’s Murder Senior DIG Further Remanded

Former Senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara who is currently in custody, had been involved in concealing evidence and displacement of the diary of journalist Lasantha Wickramatunge and for the removal of pages of the police report, the CID told court yesterday.

 When the murder  case of  Lasantha Wickramatunge’s killing was taken up at the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the CID informed the court  that  the former Senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara, who is currently in custody had been involved in concealing evidence and displacement of the diary of journalist Lasantha Wickramatunge and for the removal of pages of the police report.

 The CID also asked the magistrate to issue an order permitting the Police forensics lab to examine the phone details of the Ex- DIG. The judge granted approval for it and issued an order.

The involvement of the Senior DIG in concealing evidence and hampering the investigation on Lasantha’s killing was established by information revealed to the CID by the former OIC (Crimes) of the Mount Lavinia Police Tissasiri Sugathapala, earlier.

The Mount Lavinia Magistrate further ordered the two suspects currently in remand custody, Former Senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara and former OIC (Crimes) of the Mount Lavinia Police Tissasiri Sugathapala to be further remanded until March 29.