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No justice for Wasim Thajudeen 13 years after murder
17 May, 2025
Justice is yet to be served over the death of Sri Lankan rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, whose charred remains were discovered in a car in Colombo on May 17, 2012.
Initially ruled as an accident, subsequent investigations revealed signs of torture and foul play, suggesting a staged murder.
Despite numerous developments and high-profile figures implicated in the case, justice remains elusive.
In january this year Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala told MP Namal Rajapaksa in Parliament everyone knows who killed Thajudeen.
The Minister alleged that people who murdered Wasim Thajudeen and journalist Lasantha Wickremetunge are now coming to Parliament and talking about murders.
Fresh investigations in 2015 had revealed that Thajudeen?s femurs, pelvic bones and teeth had been broken prior to his death.
The Police had also claimed in 2015 that the initial investigation into Thajudeen?s death were shelved due to political pressure. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had claimed that there had been attempts to conceal evidence during the initial probe. (Colombo Gazette)
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