PCoI investigating Easter Sunday attacks summons ex PM Ranil, Ruwan & Sagala

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating the Easter Sunday attacks issued summons to former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardena and former Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake to appear before the Commission, an official from the Commission said.

Accordingly, Mr Wijewardena has been summoned before the Commission on August 18 while Wickremesinghe and Ratnayake have been summoned on August 21.

The second interim report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on March 20.

The Commission was appointed by the former President Maithripala Sirisena on September 22nd, 2019 to investigate the series of attacks that took place on Easter Sunday the same year and to recommend necessary actions.

The Chairman of the Commission Court of Appeal Judge, Janak de Silva and other members  Court of Appeal Judge, Nishshanka Bandula Karunarathna, Retired High Court Judges Nihal Sunil Rajapaksa and A.L. Bandula Kumara Atapattu, former Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, W.M.M.R. Adikari and the Secretary of the Commission, H.M.P.B. Herath were also present.