CID tells court it has completed questioning Karannagoda

09 Apr, 2019

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) informed court today that it has completed questioning former Navy Commander, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda on the disappearance of 11 youth.

Karannagoda was questioned on a number of occasions over the past two month.

The CID today informed court that it will submit a report on the statements recorded from Karannagoda at the next court hearing.

The 11 youth had been abducted in Colombo and the suburbs between 2008 and 2009.?(Colombo Gazette)

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