{"id":166312,"date":"2016-08-11T13:28:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T07:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=166312"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T08:00:14","slug":"lasantha-murder-court-orders-cid-to-check-bank-accounts-of-60-army-intelligence-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lasantha-murder-court-orders-cid-to-check-bank-accounts-of-60-army-intelligence-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasantha Murder: Court Orders CID To Check Bank Accounts Of 60 Army Intelligence Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mount Lavinia Magistrate today ordered the CID to carry out probes on at least 60 bank accounts belonging to Army Intelligence Officers to verify their involvement in the assassination of Sunday Leader Founder Editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lasantha+Wickrematunge&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_118210\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lasantha-wickrematunge-assassination-and-the-rajapaksa-reality\/lasantha_wickramatunga\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118210\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-118210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lasantha_wickramatunga-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lasantha Wickrematunge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lasantha_wickramatunga-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lasantha_wickramatunga-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Magistrate also ordered that Army Intelligence Officer Premananda Udalagama be further remanded till August 25. Udalagama is currently in remand custody on suspicion that he had a role in the assassination and also for kidnapping Wickrematunge\u2019s driver, Dias, a few months after the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>The CID is to check the bank accounts in an effort to verify if any large payments were made to these intelligence officers who may have played a role in Wickrematunge\u2019s murder operation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/weliamuna-appeared-for-lasanthas-murder-suspect-under-rajapaksas-watch-ti-director-now-evades-questions\/\">Weliamuna Appeared For Lasantha\u2019s Murder Suspect Under Rajapaksas\u2019 Watch: TI Director Now Evades Questions<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/exclusive-the-inside-story-of-lasanthas-drivers-abduction\/\">Exclusive: The Inside Story Of Lasantha\u2019s Driver\u2019s Abduction<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":118210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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