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The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday ordered to reissue summons on former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda as he failed to appear before Court for a second day.
The summons will be reissued through the Navy Commander and the Acting Inspector General of Police.
The order was delivered by the High Court Trial-at-Bar bench consisting of Judges Champa Janaki Rajaratne, Amal Ranaraja and Nawaratne Marasinghe.
This is with regard to the case on the alleged forced disappearance of 11 youth in Colombo in 2008 and 2009. The case is filed against a group of naval intelligence officers including Karannagoda, who is cited as its 14th defendant.
Presenting submissions before the bench, Additional Solicitor General Sarath Jayamanne, who spoke on behalf of the Attorney General, stated that Karannagoda was not at his residence when the officers of Welikada Police went there to hand over the summons.
The OIC of Welikada Police also confirmed this, stating that he had been to Karannagoda’s residence in Beddagana on two occasions to deliver the summons, but both attempts failed.
Speaking further, Additional Solicitor General stated that the CID officers had also been to another residence of Karannagoda located in Kirulapone on Thursday. However, they also failed to deliver the summons.
The Additional Solicitor General then appealed for the Court to reissue summons through the Navy Commander and Acting IGP.
Accepting the request, the Special High Court Judge bench ordered to issue summons to Karannagoda via the Navy Commander and Acting IGP.
Subsequently, the case was scheduled to be taken up again on 24 February.
The 13 naval intelligence officers who were named as suspects in this case also appeared before the Court for the hearing.
