Anura Senanayake further remanded

Anura Senanayake further remanded

May 26, 2016   12:09 pm

Former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake, who was arrested for allegedly withholding evidences in the murder of national Rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, has been further remanded until June 09.


Senanayake was remanded after being produced before Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris this morning (26).


The CID officials interrogated Senanayake for few hours before the arrest was made last Monday (23).


Earlier, former Crime OIC of the Narahenpita police Sumith Perera was also arrested for allegedly hiding evidence in the case. He was too further remanded until June 09.   


The Colombo Additional Magistrate had too instructed the CID to expedite investigations of the rugby player whose body was found inside his car which appeared to have crashed into a wall in Kirulapone on May 17, 2012.

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