Former minister Wimal Weerawansa has made a controversial disclosure concerning the death of former politician Nandana Gunathilaka, revealing details of a letter Gunathilaka had shared before his passing.
Addressing the media at Gunathilaka’s funeral, Weerawansa said the late politician had shown him a letter sent to an international organisation, outlining what action should be taken in relation to it. He added that Gunathilaka had also sent him a WhatsApp message.
Quoting from the letter, Weerawansa said: “The fake, deceitful, anti-democratic conduct and false morality of the internal JVP mechanism were exposed by Rajapaksa Priyanjith Witharana and myself over the past year. Because of this, there is an active plot to kill us, with groups of assassins currently targeting us. We have information on all the individuals involved and the methods planned. The selected course of action is to stab us in broad daylight with a sharp weapon and portray it as the result of a personal dispute, to be validated through the NPP police. Several methods have also been identified to present the death as natural, including poisoning, staging motor accidents, or portraying it as a serious dispute among underworld rivals, particularly an underworld shooting.”
Weerawansa added that, having spent considerable time within the JVP himself, he had no reason to doubt the contents of the letter. (Newswire)