CID to launch immediate investigations into Karuna Amman’s statement
June 22, 2020 10:54 am
Immediate police investigations have been directed into the controversial statements made by Leader of the Tamil United Freedom Front (TUFF) Karuna Amman regarding crimes committed while he was in the LTTE.
The Acting Inspector General of Police has issued these directions to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (22) to immediately probe the comments.
Former LTTE commander and ex-parliamentarian Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, at a meeting in Navadinveli last Friday (June 19) made a controversial statement glorifying the killing of Sri Lankan soldiers during his time as an LTTE militant.
His statement drew major criticism and backlash from many parties.
He has said: ‘When I was a member of the LTTE, I killed some 2000 to 3000 Sri Lankan army personnel in one night at Elephant Pass. I have killed more in Killinochchi. That is certainly higher than the number of lives the coronavirus has claimed in Sri Lanka’.
