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IGP too before court regarding petition filed by Ekneliyagoda’s murderers

(Lanka-e-News -2015.Oct.17, 6.30PM)  When  the most bizarrre purposeless habeas corpus petition filed in the appeal court alleging that the army officers who are suspects in the murder of Prageeth Ekneliyagoda are missing , was taken up yesterday , the IGP was present in court in response to  the order issued by  the president of the appeal court ,.

Lanka e news already reported that appeal court president Vijith Malalgoda was getting ready to summon the IGP ( unnecessarily) to court  and ‘lead’ him . Owing to this exposure , the judge at the very outset today , washed his hands off this blame attaching to him , by saying , the IGP had to be summoned because on the previous occasion , the State counsel revealed he will not appear on behalf of the IGP in the future in this case. The judge in any event pointed out , the necessity for the IGP to be present in court again  is dispensed with.

At this stage , the state counsel Rohantha Abeysuriya present on behalf of the AG said, the state counsel who represented the AG on the earlier court date was confused about this case. Since the same petitioners have filed a case under the same case number in the supreme court (SC)  , the state counsel was present in the SC , and a counsel  with the necessary instructions for this case in the appeal court did not appear.Nevertheless , but by now instructions were  received from the AG’s department for the IGP and the AG to be present , he added.

No matter what , it was  the opinion of the counsel that it is difficult to go ahead with this habeas corpus petition , because there is no base for such an application. All those mentioned in this application are suspects  in the custody of the CID legally on the orders of the defense secretary , and this is known to all the courts. Hence this cannot be pursued as a habeas corpus case which is  based on the consideration that those mentioned in the petition are missing.

It is well to recall that Lanka e news revealed in an earlier report ,this habeas corpus application was filed to safeguard the military murder squad of Gotabaya , and by the army officers who are pro Gota lackeys and lickspittles , spending  their monies. 
 
The CID investigating  the murder of Ekneliyagoda has by now requested data which the forces ought to provide. However it is reported that this request is not being duly responded to by the forces. For instance , the report pertaining to the Girithale army camp investigations has still not been provided by the army , and whatever report that was forwarded has been distorted , according to reports reaching Lanka e news.

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