Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe today claimed that according to information received by him, Wasim Thajudeen’s girlfriend was forced to listen over the phone as he was tortured, before he was murdered.

 

Senasinghe made this chilling revelation today at a press conference held in Colombo.

 

He added that those who are afraid of the details coming out are insisting that Thajudeen’s death was a murder. However, Senasinghe argued that no individual had ever died when a vehicle caught fire. If an accident happened and a vehicle caught fire, the driver would not remain inside, he also pointed out.

 

Senasinghe added that the former government of Mahinda Rajapaksa purposefully undermined the investigations, avoiding key pieces of evidence.