Retired Major General Kithisiri Ekanayake says he will pursue all possible legal avenues against police officers he alleges were involved in a conspiracy to frame him on fabricated murder and treasure-hunting charges.
Speaking to the Sandeshaya by Saroj YouTube channel, Ekanayake said he regretted that the IGP had not taken action against the officers responsible for what he described as a “deliberate plot” to arrest him without evidence.
Ekanayake was arrested by Beliatta Police along with four others following an alleged 119 complaint and was remanded for nearly a month. Police presented two minors—a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old—as eyewitnesses. The 17-year-old had previously appeared before the same court on a narcotics charge, prompting the Magistrate to question the credibility of the testimony.
“It was a deliberate ploy, because minors cannot be punished,” Ekanayake said, adding that the police narrative collapsed under basic scrutiny. According to him, there were no signs of digging at the supposed treasure-hunting site and no reports of a missing 18-year-old girl anywhere in the country at the time of his arrest. All suspects were ultimately acquitted.
He also questioned the failure of investigators to verify the boy’s claim that a girl had been driven to the location and killed. “Was there any blood? A body? Where was it hidden? And how could such a crime occur within just 90 minutes?” he asked.
When the arrest was made, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake publicly acknowledged that police were investigating a senior army officer in connection with an alleged treasure-hunting incident where a woman was believed to have been sacrificed.
Ekanayake now alleges that a Senior DIG orchestrated his unlawful arrest and says he will take further action to seek justice. (Newswire)
