Lanka govt orders reinvestigation of high-profile cases

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Colombo, Updated At : 11:01 AM Oct 14, 2024 IST

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Sri Lanka’s new government has ordered the police to reinvestigate some high-profile cases, including the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks and the 2005 murder of a Tamil minority community journalist.

The National People’s Power, which won the presidential election last month, pledged to reinvestigate past cases, which had not been resolved. The Ministry of Public Security took action to identify any lapses in investigations.

“The ministry has asked the acting police chief that these cases should be reinvestigated,” Police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said on Saturday.

The cases to be reinvestigated include the alleged scam in the issue of Central Bank bonds in 2015 blamed on the then government of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the former president, and the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed over 270 people.

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