Karannagoda makes statement to CID on missing youth

05 Oct, 2016

Former Navy Commander?Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today to make a statement over the disappearance of some youth in 2008 – 2009.

Karannagoda was questioned over a group of?Tamil and Muslim youth who went missing during that period.

Last year the CID questioned former navy spokesman D K P Dassanayake over allegations that some officers in the Navy were involved in the disappearance of several youth. (Colombo Gazette)

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