{"id":162816,"date":"2016-05-23T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T10:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=162816"},"modified":"2016-05-23T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:35:19","slug":"ex-senior-dig-anura-senanayake-arrested-over-thajudeen-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ex-senior-dig-anura-senanayake-arrested-over-thajudeen-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Senior DIG Anura Senanayake Arrested Over Thajudeen Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senior DIG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Anura+Senanayake&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anura Senanayake<\/span><\/a> was arrested this evening by the CID over the murder of ruggerite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Wasim+Thajudeen&amp;x=14&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wasim Thajudeen<\/span><\/a>, following several days of intense grilling over the murder. He was arrested for concealing information pertaining to the murder.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes weeks after former Crimes OIC of the Narahenpita police, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sumith+Champika+Perera&amp;x=16&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sumith Champika Perera<\/span><\/a> who was arrested by the CID for concealing information on the murder, shared vital information with the CID over the cover up of Thajudeen\u2019s murder, including the details of several others who had played a part in concealing the murder.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ex-senior-dig-anura-senanayaka-arrested-over-thajudeen-killing\/dig-anura-senanayake-with-gotabaya-rajapaksa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-162814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-162814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DIG-Anura-Senanayake-with-Gotabaya-Rajapaksa-.jpg\" alt=\"DIG Anura Senanayake with Gotabaya Rajapaksa\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DIG-Anura-Senanayake-with-Gotabaya-Rajapaksa-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DIG-Anura-Senanayake-with-Gotabaya-Rajapaksa--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit Sanka Vidanagama &#8211; DIG Anura Senanayake with former\u00a0secretary to the\u00a0ministry of\u00a0defence\u00a0Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":162814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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