Allegations false, says Devananda

EPDP Secretary General and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda in a special statement to Parliament yesterday said allegations levelled against him and the party by UNP MP Wijayakala Maheswaran are false and far from truth.

Requesting the Speaker to make arrangements to remove Maheswaran’s statement against him and the party from the Hanzard, Devananda said the EPDP under no circumstances has ever got involved in any anti-human activities be it collecting taxes, holding people for ransom, torturing, murder, extortion or any other illegal activity at any point of time.

Devananda said Maheswaran, United National Party Member of Parliament, representing Jaffna District made a statement in Parliament on June 30 allegedly connecting him and his party to the murder of her husband and the murder of Thiruchelvam Kapilnath, a student from Chavackachcheri and transfer of some Magistrates.

“Everybody is aware, that at the scene of murder of Maheswaran a person was taken into custody on suspicion, later on investigation, it had been revealed that he was a member of LTTE pistol gang. Maheswari is also well aware of this fact,” Devananda said.