AG orders investigations into five Easter attack suspects

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The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate five Easter Sunday attack suspects whose names were disclosed by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report.

Accordingly, probes will be carried out into Abu Hind, Lukman Thalib, Lukman Thalib Ahmed alias Abu Abdulla, Rimzan and Mahendran Pulasthini alias Sara Jasmine who were named in the 17th chapter of the report.

AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, issuing a statement, said a special team of 12 legal officers of the AG’s Department has been assigned to study the recordings of evidence in the PCoI report.

On Monday, the Attorney General called on Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith to brief him about the progress of the legal matters and investigations pertaining to the carnage.

During the meeting, the Attorney General has stressed the importance and the need to study all evidence recorded by the Presidential Commission during its proceedings.

Pointing out that the PCoI’s final report was focused on the individuals who failed to prevent the attacks, the Attorney General has noted that it is paramount to study all recordings of evidence as the report does not reveal concrete information about the real ‘masterminds’, conspirators and individuals who directly and indirectly aided and abetted the blasts, the coordinating officer said.

She assured that all individuals who are accountable for the attacks will be brought to book.

In the meantime, investigations of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) must be completed and all evidence recorded by the PCoI must be studied by the Attorney General before serving indictments against all those who were responsible, State Counsel Jayaratne added.