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Probe moves on to missing sniper rifle in TID possession

07 Oct 2018

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Friday (5) sent two light machine guns (LMGs) that were in the possession of the Terrorism Investigations Division (TID) for testing at the Government Analyst’s Department, following a court directive. The two long-range LMGs were issued by the TID to two officers on the instructions of the then Head of the TID DIG Nalaka de Silva several months back, without listing a purpose, and had been returned to the TID a few days later, The Sunday Morning learns. The State Counsel appearing on behalf of the CID requested the court to direct the Government Analyst to conduct a check on whether the weapons had been used before they were returned. The CID was tasked with the investigation into the two LMGs and the latest addition to the probe is a missing sniper rifle that had been in the possession of the TID. The Sunday Morning learns that the TID recovered a sniper rifle in June this year during a search operation in Trincomalee. On 26 June this year, one Ramaiah Vivekanandan was taken into custody in Oddusudan along with a cache of arms and ammunitions formerly owned by the LTTE. During the raid, an individual named Vellasamy Vedambaram alias Atha Kota had managed to escape. However, Vivekanandan had revealed to the Police that there was a sniper rifle in the possession of one Punyamoorthy Kirubakaran alias Ilachchiyan Master in Trincomalee. Meanwhile, Atha Kota was taken into custody by the Mankulam Police. Soon after Atha Kota’s arrest, several officers from the TID visited Mankulam and took Atha Kota into custody. The TID together with Atha Kota then visited Ilachchiyan Master’s residence in Trincomalee. The Sunday Morning learns that the sniper rifle was recovered by the TID. However, the recovery had not been officially recorded by the TID and listed as court production along with the rest of the ammunition. The CID is currently engaged in an inquiry to locate the sniper rifle that was recovered by the TID. Investigators, it is learnt, are also faced with the hurdle of finding the whereabouts of Ilachchiyan Master. According to reports, Ilachchiyan Master’s wife has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission in Trincomalee regarding her missing husband. It is also learnt that the Government Analyst found the voice in the recording handed by the Anti-Corruption Force’s Namal Kumara, on the alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and several Opposition VIPs, to be in fact that of DIG de Silva. The Government Analyst’s report has been forwarded to courts.

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