Fmr Defence Secy, IGP will be charged with ‘murder’ – DSG

Fmr Defence Secy, IGP will be charged with ‘murder’ – DSG

Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peris yesterday told the Colombo High Court that charges will be filed against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujitha Jayasundera for committing murder and conspiring to commit murder in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks.The Deputy Solicitor General told court that IGP Jayasundera, who has been sent on compulsory leave, and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, had failed to take action despite repeated warnings by State intelligence agencies of an imminent attack by the Thawheed Jama’ath.