Thajudeen murder: Ranjan asks CID to question MR

State Minister of Highways & Road Development Ranjan Ramanayake today called on the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to question Opposition Leader, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa over comments he had reportedly made regarding deceased rugby player Wasim Thajudeen.

By Sandun Jayawardana

Speaking during the Committee Stage debate on the Budget in Parliament, the State Minister observed that Mr Rajapaksa had allegedly told a private television channel that Wasim Thajudeen had been traveling at 175 kmph in his vehicle at the time of the crash that killed him and that Mr Thajudeen’s death was a result of a motor accident.

Mr Ramanayake noted that the Opposition Leader was claiming Mr Thajudeen’s death was an accident despite several medical specialists determining that Mr Thajudeen was murdered.

“We now have in Parliament another medical specialist named Mahinda Rajapaksa who apparently has enough expertise to overrule those specialists,” he quipped.

He said that the CID should question Mr Rajapaksa on the comments he made to the media as it seems that the Opposition Leader has information that investigators have been unaware of up to now.