Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Defense says that no one should have any doubts about the investigation into the Easter attack and that 9 cases have already been filed and the Attorney General’s Department and the Police will work together to file the remaining cases as soon as possible.
He says the government, which ended the Thirty Years War 12 years ago, will never allow terrorism to rise to the top and will bring the perpetrators of the Easter attack to justice.
He pointed out that the Easter attack was one of the worst attacks in the world in 2019 and that it would take time for such terrorism to take place as the prosecution must be meticulously investigated.
Four of the five suspects named by the Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer, Mohamed Rizwan, Mohammed Waqar Younis, Shaul Hameed and Mohamed Fazan, have already been produced before the Attorney General on May 17, 2021. He also states that there is.
He said 704 people had been arrested, 203 in remand custody, 84 on detention orders, 244 on bail, 168 had been released and 32 had been indicted.
The Minister said that the police had handed over eight files related to the Easter attack to the Attorney General and that he had personally met with the Attorney General and discussed the matter. He also handed over the report of the Presidential Commission to the Attorney General this year from March 12 to April 24, 2021. He further said that the evidence and facts were studied in depth with the officials of the Attorney General’s Department and after submitting the required other reports and deficiencies to the Attorney General, legal action could be taken in this regard.
The Minister made this statement while making a special statement regarding the statement made by the Attorney General regarding the Easter attack today (19).