Protests as Shiranthi Rajapaksa appears before CID

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Protests were staged outside the Police Criminal Investi-gations Department (CID) yesterday as former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa appeared to make a statement.

Shiranthi Rajapaksa was summoned before the CID to be questioned over the murder of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen.

Thajudeen died on 17 May 2012 with his car found crashed into a wall. According to police reports at the time, the rugby player was driving home after attending a party when he lost control of the car and crashed into a wall along Park Road. The car had exploded instantly and burnt him. However, suspicions later arose after it was reported that there could have been a political connection to Thajudeen’s death.

(Colombo Gazette)