Fonseka repaying his sins, says Major Gen Pannipitiya's wife

General Sarath Fonseka, who is in military custody now, interdicted my husband, Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya's service with immediate effect from the Army following an anonymous letter sent by a person who worked against my husband, said Pannipitiya's wife Achini Iroma Pannipitiya.

She said Fonseka's plight now is a retribution of Kamma.

"He took action against my husband with a wicked mind and he wanted to take revenge from my husband. Now the tables have turned and he is repaying for the sins he accumulated when he was in service," she added.

"Ironically Anoma Fonseka, my intimate friend at one time, who abandoned me on that occasion with my innocent little children are pleading mercy from women to save her husband. But she didn't hear my grievances when I became a similar victim due to her husband's cruelty," she said.

"Major General Pannipitiya also worked for the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment. When he was interdicted, my children and I became helpless since we lost everything. I had no one to tell my grievance at that time," Achini Iroma said.

According to her, she did not go after people or attempt to rally women but prayed only to the deities.

"I obeyed the law when my husband was interdicted from military service and appealed only to the Supreme Court.

I was suffering for an offence my husband did not commit. At that time my children were very small unlike the Fonseka children who are grown up now. My eldest daughter was then only 12 years. Two sons were aged five and four only. I was thrown to the streets within a month as the official residence was taken back. Only President Mahinda Rajapaksa helped me at that time. It is because of his sympathetic and humanely qualities that he won a superb victory. My husband was interdicted on the basis of an anonymous letter.

They did not even give the half pay promised. Nobody from the Army was sent even to find out how we were faring. My husband also took part in the Eastern operation. However his name was not mentioned because Sarath Fonseka did not like him," she said.