The People’s Struggle Alliance (PSA) has questioned whether justice will be served to the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks through the case filed during the tenure of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

PSA Executive Committee member Tharindu Uduwaragedara said that a key reason for the prevailing concerns is the perception that the indictments were filed by the Attorney General’s Department in a manner aligned with the interests of the then Rajapaksa administration.

He further noted that former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers Ravi Seneviratne and Shani Abeysekara, who were in charge of investigations at the time, were not named as witnesses in the case — a matter he described as significant.

According to Uduwaragedara, statements made during court proceedings by Kavinda Piyasekara, who later assumed responsibility for the CID following the change of government, have also raised questions about the manner in which the investigations were conducted. He referred to an instance in which Piyasekara reportedly made a statement suggesting that the Easter Sunday attacks occurred in November 2019.

He also alleged that several key matters were overlooked during the trial, including issues relating to the Sara Jasmine incident and statements previously made by Ravi Seneviratne regarding alleged masterminds behind the attacks.

In this context, Uduwaragedara dismissed as mere rhetoric a statement made in Parliament by Minister Bimal Rathnayake alleging that the Rajapaksas were responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks.