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Cardinal claims pre-arranged conclusion to grenade probe

16 Jan 2022

Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence AMalcolm Cardinal Ranjith alleged that the Police are trying to establish a pre-arranged conclusion regarding the incident where a hand grenade was discovered at All Saints’ Church in Borella, stating this was “clearly” seen through the actions of Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekara. “We challenged the Police by looking at the CCTV footage of the church on the day of the incident. We showed what we had learnt about who had come to the church in the morning of that day. However, Weerasekera is now telling many tales about it. He claims that a match box was found from the room of the person who has been arrested. He (Weerasekera) has also claimed that the person who has been arrested has admitted that he has used those matches in making the grenade,” Cardinal Ranjith said, commenting to the media last Saturday (15). He further added: “When the Police arrest people, they get the arrestees to say what they (Police) want. Then they get the arrestees to sign these statements. That is how they obtain statements. When considering this incident, we can clearly see from the reaction of the Public Security Minister that this has been done according to a plan prepared by them earlier. If the Minister is honest, he should look into the evidence we have presented. We have asked to find out who the man is. Why not do it, unless they are trying to establish something they have already planned?” The Archbishop also said that what Weerasekera was saying was totally unacceptable. He said that the Minister should not spread lies and play with people’s lives. “Without playing with the lives of innocent people, the Public Security Minister should tell those stories to stupid, gullible people. They are the ones who need to be told these things,” he added. Claiming that they cannot expect the truth and justice from such ministers, he said that Weerasekera, the Government, or the Police do not want to investigate this incident in a transparent manner. The Archbishop said that their only request was to look into the evidence presented by them or else they would have to go to court in this regard. Meanwhile, the Parish Council of the All Saints’ Church expressed their deep displeasure about the manner in which the investigations into this event are proceeding in a press statement issued yesterday (16). The Archbishop of Colombo also commented on the investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 21 April 2019. “The same thing has happened with the Easter Sunday terror attack. They set aside the conclusions of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) and the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) and proceed with their own agenda. They create many things to justify it. This is the devastation that has befallen this country. It is surprising that they do not have the ability to understand this, or they may think we are a stupid group.”

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