AG requests CID to expedite four key cases

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Notice includes Lasantha and Thajudeen murder cases

By Manopriya Gunasekera

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera yesterday ordered acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) and senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials to expedite four cases and forward all documents to him without further delay.

The notice sent by the AG

said the four cases, which include the murders of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge and ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen, should be expedited, as they were cases that had garnered massive amounts of public attention. Therefore, investigations into the cases should be conducted efficiently and competently, and all details including extracts of the documents should be sent to the AG.

The four cases referred to by the Attorney General were: the murder case of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge - Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court B 92/2009; the murder case of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen - Hulftsdorp Magistrate's Court B 849/12; the case into the abduction of 11 students for taking ransom and later killing them - Fort Magistrate's Court B 732/09; and the murder case of 11 members of Muttur Action Farm NGO - Muttur Magistrate's Court B 843/ 2006.

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