The CID is preparing to obtain a statement from IGP C. D. Wickramaratne today.
Thst is based on a statement made by Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon to the CID regarding the not stopping those who attacked the Galle Face protesters on the 9th.
Deshabandu Tennakoon has said that the people who had come from Temple Trees were allowed to come freely to Galle Face due to an order issued to them by the IGP and the Secretary Defense. A senior CID official said that Deshabandu Tennakoon’s statements stated that he had not been able to carry out the President’s orders due to orders from the IGP and the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, although the President had clearly instructed him not to allow the group to enter the Galle Face Green.
The official also said that the CID is preparing to uncover a large number of information by questioning the IGP today about whether the Deshabandu Tennakoon was given an order that goes beyond the President’s order? , Are the statements made by Deshabandu Tennakoon correct? Were there any intelligence received about this attack in advance? If so, what is the course of action taken in this regard? What are the orders given to Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon?
He further said that the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security will be questioned in the next few days.
The pro MR supporters taken in for questioning by the CID will not be prosecuted and if they are- they will be නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් by the judiciary.