While delivering the verdict on the inquest on the death of former Rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris yesterday ruled that the death of Thajudeen appeared to be a murder and ordered the CID Director to immediately arrest all suspects involved in the incident and produce them before Courts.
The Additional Magistrate further ordered the CID to immediately arrest the persons involved in aiding and abetting to commit this offence.
Meanwhile, the Additional Magistrate observed that the death of Thajudeen appears to be a murder coming under Section 296 of the Penal Code. Section 296 of the Penal Code indicates the punishments for committing murder. The relevant section says; "Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death".
The Additional Magistrate informed Court that he was delivering this verdict taking into consideration two JMO reports submitted by former Colombo JMO Prof. Ananda Samarasekera, the panel of medical officers headed by Colombo Chief JMO Dr. Ajith Tennakoon, the Government Analyst's Report, the reports submitted by Gentech, the University Of Colombo School Of Computing (UCSC) and the Motor Traffic Commissioner. The Additional Magistrate observed that when analyzing those reports Court can reach a conclusion that there was sufficient reason to determine that Thajudeen was murdered and his death was not an accident .
Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris stated that JMO reports have confirmed that deceased's bones have been tempered with , his bones in the pelvic region had been broken prior to his death. "When analyzing these facts it is inevitable that death was due to multiple injuries.
Therefore, death of Wasim Thajudeen was not accidental but appears to murder," said Additional Magistrate.
Additional Magistrate Peiris ordered the CID that necessary steps be taken to send the relevant CCTV footage to foreign forensic laboratories in order to analyze the CCTV footage of the vehicle of former Rugby player Wasim Thajudeen.
The Court further ordered the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to submit a report in Court on the investigation on different claims made by former Colombo JMO Prof. Ananda Samarasekara and his subordinate staff members over the missing of several bones and other parts of former Rugby player Wasim Thajudeen's body.
Meanwhile, filing a further report in connection with the incident, the CID informed that the investigations into the telephone records has reached the final stage. The CID detectives further told Court that the video footage was yet to be sent to foreign laboratories not due to any delay on their part but since it has to be coordinated with the assistance of Interpol and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake appearing for the Attorney General informed Court that the CID have questioned and recorded statements from 16 persons and CID was examining telephone contacts pertaining to the murder of the former rugby player. He said the Dialog Axiata was cooperating with the investigations as requested.
Earlier, the police had maintained that Thajudeen was driving to the airport and had lost control of his car and crashed into the wall of Shalika Grounds on Park Road, Narahenpita, and that his vehicle had exploded within seconds of the crash. Further magisterial inquiry was fixed for March 23.
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