CID tells court:

DIG Vaas Gunawardena was allegedly given Rs.1m

Jayantha de Silva

The CID filing a B report before Additional Magistrate A. M. Shaheed yesterday said suspect Chutta had told them that DIG Vaas Gunawardena was allegedly given Rs. one million out of Rs. 30 million agreed in the contract to kill business tycoon Mohomed Azamdeen Siyam.

Chutta was arrested and Rs. 400,000 was recovered from his possession.

DIG Vaas Gunawardena when arrested admitted that he was a killer (Mama mini maruwek).

DIG Gunawardena was arrested on June 10 by the Criminal Investigation Department and was remanded until June 25 on the orders of the Colombo Magistrate. The other suspects, one Sub Inspector, three Police Constable and two civilians were detained until the completion of the ongoing investigations.

The Magistrate also directed the Prisons authorities to provide maximum security for the DIG while at the Colombo National Hospital. On an application by the CID the Magistrate directed the CID to forward the two weapons recovered before the Government Analyst for a comprehensive re[port. CID ASP Shani Abeysekera with CID Special Investigation Unit OIC Ranjith Munasinghe and SI Upali Bandara appearded for the prosecution. Senior Attorney Ajith Pathirana appeared for the DIG Gunawardena.