Image: Major General (retired) Aruna Jayasekara was the man behind mobilising ex-military personnel to support NPP.
Dropping a bombshell in Parliament, opposition MP Nizam Kariapper today said current Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekera who was one time Security Force Commander in the east neglected prior information received on activities of Zahran who led the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015.
MP Kariapper said the B report submitted to the Colombo magistrate by the CID had revealed all this information. “The B report was hidden for years but we have managed to find it,” the MP said.
“Former President dismissed former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from his post on October 26 2018. Aruna Jayasekera who was the chief of the intelligence unit in Batticaloa was appointed Security forces commander in the East in November 2018. The attack on policemen at Vavunathivu took place during the same month. A drama was created to show that Ajanthan, an interpreter for Sub Inspector Wijenayake was behind the attack on policemen in Vavunathivu. This interpreter ended up in jail while the military personnel who neglected their duty ended up in Parliament,” the MP said.
“This is a verdict of King Kakille ,” the MP said.
“Aruna Jayasekera was attached to the counter insurgency unit in 1989 and then he worked as Army intelligence chief in the East. He was then appointed as SF commander in the east. He retired in 2019 and formed an association of ex-military men,” he added.
Meanwhile the MP said CID has recommended that passports of five intelligence officers who were charged with negligence be impounded. “This recommendation has been made in April this year. Who is the big boss who is preventing action in this regard?” he questioned.
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana, Colombo, July 23 (Daily Mirror)
