Missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda's wife Sandhya today blamed the former government of Mahinda Rajapaksa for her husband’s disappearance and rejected the pledges by Rajapaksa and his aides to investigate the matter if the UPFA comes to power.

 

Speaking at a special media conference, she requested the Army to handover any army officers connected to the disappearance of her husband to the CID.

 

She said that she had received information regarding an army officer connected to her husband’s disappearance imprisoned in a camp at Girithale, Minneriya or Batticaloa.

 

Sandhya Eknaligoda said that she had repeatedly requested the help of Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Shiranthi Rajapaksa to find her husband. She revealed that she even requested a meeting with the former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. None of her pleas were answered, Sandhya Eknaligoda said.

 

Meanwhile she requested the President to direct the CID to do a thorough investigation the incident into the disappearance of her husband.

 

Two military intelligence officers were arrested in connection Pragneeth Ekneligoda's disappearance last week. Reports said that the CID is expected to question two army officers based on the information given by the two suspects.