The Warrant Officer (WO) attached to the army intelligence unit who was arrested in connection with the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been further remanded until October 13.
The suspect was remanded after being produced before the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate’s Court this morning (29).
The army officer was arrested on charges of alleged abduction, unlawful detention and questioning of an individual, who was the driver of Wickrematunge’s vehicle at the time of the assassination.
The body of Wickrematunge was also exhumed on Tuesday as part of a fresh investigation into his death.
Sri Lanka’s new government had reopened investigations into the murder after coming to power in January last year. In February, the police released sketches of two persons who are suspected to be involved in the assassination. The Army Commander had recently appointed two Court of Inquiries to investigate the misplaced documents in the cases pertaining to the murder of Wickrematunge and the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda.
