Controversy over OiC death

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Controversy over HQI suicide in Kalmunai

13-07-2008

Controversy surrounded the death of Kalmunai Headquarters Inspector C.W. Wijetilake, after it was revealed that he had heard he was to be transferred while in the midst of conducting investigations into the previous dayA?A?A?s killing of three businessmen.The 57-year-old HQI Wijetilake who was conducting inquiries into the triple murder in Kalmunai town had returned to his quarters on Thursday night and was alleged to have shot himself in the head using his own T-56 weapon just before leaving for duty last morning. Police media spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara and Kalmunai Senior Superintendent Ananda Wijesuriya said the victim was a senior police officer with a career spanning more than 25 years and had been attached to Kalmunai station for four years.

On Thursday three men in their early twenties were shot dead by an unidentified gang in Kalmunai while travelling in a lorry loaded with mattresses for sale. Meanwhile UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera said the HQI had written down in a book some important information regarding the recent attack on a VIP helicopter in Arugambay Fosamax recommended length of treatment and the security situation in the East.

He claimed that police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera had wanted the book sent to Colombo but the Kalmunai Magistrate had instructed that it be kept in Kalmunai as the book might contain vital evidence connected to the HQIA?A?A?s alleged suicide.

source:
http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/politics/20080713020747.php

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