{"id":610,"date":"2011-10-11T09:58:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2011-10-11T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:58:03","slug":"duminda-silva-is-not-my-man-he-is-gotas-man-mr-said-to-bharatha-and-rathnasiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/duminda-silva-is-not-my-man-he-is-gotas-man-mr-said-to-bharatha-and-rathnasiri\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDuminda Silva is not my man, he is Gota\u2019s man\u201d MR said to Bharatha and Rathnasiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_611\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dumindagota-colombo-telegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-611\" class=\"size-full wp-image-611\" title=\"Duminda&amp;Gota Colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dumindagota-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dumindagota-colombo-telegraph.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dumindagota-colombo-telegraph-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gota\u2019s man and Gota<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDuminda Silva is not my man, he is Gota\u2019s man\u201d President Mahinda Rajapkasa said to both Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and former Prime Minister and senior Minister Rathnasiri Wickkramanayake.<\/p>\n<p>Informed sources told the Colombo Telegraph that, three months ago, Bharatha had complained to the President that Duminda Silva had given a contract to underworld thugs to murder him. President Rajapaksa had subsequently ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate the alleged murder plot.\u00a0 Two underworld gangsters who were in police custody at that time had given statements to the CID confirming the murder plot. Bharatha Lakshman had secured a copy of this CID investigation report and informed Rathanasiri Wickramanayke, Minister Susil Premajayantha, Alavi Moulana, the Governor of the Western Province, Minister John Senavirathne and some other senior Sri Lanka Freedom Party members about the CID findings.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombo Telegraph has learnt from several sources within the ruling party that Rathnasiri Wickkramanayake and Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra had met and urged the President to remove Duminda Silva from Kolonnawa and arrest the underworld gangs operating under Duminda three month ago. It was then that the President had stated, \u201cDuminda Silva is not my man, he is Gota\u2019s man\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks before his murder, Bharatha had met two senior lawyers with a view to initiate legal<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ranthnasiri1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-618\" title=\"Ranthnasiri\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ranthnasiri1.jpg?w=112\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ranthnasiri1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ranthnasiri1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rathnasiri<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_620\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/john-seneviratne2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-620\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-620\" title=\"john-seneviratne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/john-seneviratne2.jpg?w=112\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_621\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/susil-prema1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-621\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-621\" title=\"susil-prema\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/susil-prema1.gif?w=146\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/susil-prema1.gif 169w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/susil-prema1-50x50.gif 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susil<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_626\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/alavi_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-626\" title=\"Alavi_0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/alavi_02.jpg?w=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/alavi_02.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/alavi_02-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alavi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>proceedings against Duminda Silva based on the CID report. Listen here\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/k003.kiwi6.com\/hotlink\/gq7jt9csq4\/bharatha_lakshamn.mp3\">Baratha on Duminda Silva\\&#8217;s underworld and death threats <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related links ; \u00a0Bharatha on Duminda&#8217;s underworld links \u00a0see \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/10\/09\/bharatha-lakshman-on-duminda-silvas-underworld-connections-4-sinhala-voice-records\/\">http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/10\/09\/bharatha-lakshman-on-duminda-silvas-underworld-connections-4-sinhala-voice-records\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,57,1],"tags":[1230,1235,1236,1232,1220,1134,1135,1132],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judiciary","category-law-and-order","category-news","tag-bharatha-lakshman-premachandra","tag-bharatha-lakshman-premachandra-on-duminda-silva","tag-bharatha-lakshman-shooting","tag-duminda-silva","tag-gotabhaya-rajapaksa","tag-human-rights","tag-mahinda-rajapakse","tag-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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