{"id":178404,"date":"2017-06-07T11:32:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T06:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=178404"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T07:31:11","slug":"keith-noyahr-abduction-and-assault-gota-goes-numb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/keith-noyahr-abduction-and-assault-gota-goes-numb\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Noyahr Abduction And Assault: Gota Goes Numb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Keith Noyahr<\/a> abduction investigation finally took a decisive turn\u00a0when the CID questioned Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/a>, the former Secretary to the ministry of\u00a0of Defence of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Presidency. Gotabaya, a younger\u00a0brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was questioned at the CID\u00a0Offices in Fort on 2nd of June. Early into this investigation the CID arrested\u00a0and remanded Major Prabjath Bulathwatte,\u00a0Sergeant Duminda Weeraratne, Sergeant Hemachandra Perera,\u00a0Corporals Lasantha Wimalaweera and Nishantha Jayatillake,\u00a0all serving officers of the Military Intelligence led by\u00a0Gen. Kapila Hendavitharne and his immediate subordinate Brig. Amal\u00a0Karunatilleke.<\/p>\n

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Going by circumstantial and other documented evidence the CID had\u00a0gathered, finally Gotabaya Rajapaksa was summoned to record his statement.\u00a0Colombo Telegraph learns from CID sources that Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u00a0had early into his statement deflected the responsibility of Colombo’s security\u00a0to Gen Hendavitharne and Brig. Amal Karunatilleke, who reported to (then)\u00a0Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the serving Army Commander at the time of this crime.<\/p>\n

Confronted by conflicting evidence, the CID continued to question on evidence\u00a0available that the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa did call Gotabaya subsequent\u00a0to a plea by the Editor of the Nation Lalith Alahakoon. Alahakoon had called President\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa for his help when Keith Noyahr was abducted. This late night call\u00a0resulted in Mahinda Rajapaksa calling Gotabaya Rajapaksa who in turn did intervene.\u00a0Major Bandara Bulathwatte at this time was at the Dompe safe house and answered\u00a0the phone saying “Yes Sir, Yes Sir…..”.Keith Noyahr who was being assaulted at this safe\u00a0house heard this one sided conversation. He was released a little while thereafter.<\/p>\n

The CID questioning Gotabaya Rajapaksa presented this evidence which led to\u00a0the former Defence Secretary going \u00a0numb !! Colombo Telegraph learns that\u00a0Gotabaya Rajapaksa went numb at the evidence presented and was in deep\u00a0thought for about ten minutes before saying that when the former President called\u00a0he had to intervene and he did call the Army Intelligence and the Police ( former DIG\u00a0Anura Senanayake, now bailed out in Wasim Thajudeen murder investigation).<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph further learns that investigators were somewhat baffled by this revelation.\u00a0“Why the former Defence Secretary had to call the Army Intelligence for a common\u00a0crime?”, they query. “It is the duty of the Police to investigate such crimes”, they said.\u00a0“The facts are that Keith Noyahr was released subsequently and the thread of evidence\u00a0clearly ties the Army Intelligence to the crime. It does beg some other questions as well”, they said.<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph further learns that the CID would have additional statements to record\u00a0from the former Secretary Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa.\u00a0“Why did the former President call the Defence Secretary to intervene ? Why did the Defence Secretary call the Army Intelligence in addition to his pet Police Officer? Did they know\u00a0who had to be contacted to release Keith Noyahr? But the sixty million dollar question is that\u00a0Keith Noyahr WAS (emphasis by CT) released subsequent to these calls. And the fact that Keith Noyahr heard Maj. Bulathawatte say “Yes sir, Yes sir……” before a sea change happened with the abductors, are relevant,” they said.<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph learns that the CID has evidence that it was the same team that was involved in the brutal killing of former Editor in Chief of The Sunday<\/span><\/span> Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/a>. Lasantha Wickrematunge too, according to evidence, had called\u00a0President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he was being followed by the murderers on motor bikes.<\/p>\n

The then President did not take his call stating that he was in the shrine room. “Would fate have been different if the call was taken?\u00a0Oh what a web we weave….when we stoop deceive,” a police source told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n

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