Kadirgamar assassination case: Suspects further remanded

by Sarath Malalasekera

The five suspects in the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar were further remanded by the Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Ms. Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena till December 14.

The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) probing the assassination told court that Ishothor Arokkayanathan, one of the suspects in the assassination is alleged to have been involved in underworld activities. Therefore the suspect could not be brought before court for security reasons.

Five suspects, Thamil Iniyam, Rengam Vinagam, Aiyar Rajkumar, Ishotuor Arokkayanathan and Mutthaih Sahadevan taken into custody and remanded in connection with the Kadir's assassination were not produced in court for security reasons.

CCD Sub Inspector M.A.R. Rajapaksa filing a further report in connection with their investigations said that the three other suspects Sivarasan Sivaranjan and Kalimutthu Thirukumara had been detained. A report in connection with the investigations against them will be submitted to court on the next date.

SI Rajapaksa told court that a special police squad had been deployed to trace the main LTTE suspect who is alleged to have involved in the killing and to trace the weapon used for the killing.

The investigating team forwarded all the items collected at the scene to obtain expert evidence on several tests including DNA, Fingerprints and Ballistic.