The CID Star witness of the Navy abduction for ransom case against a group of Naval Officers Lt. Commander Krishan Welagedara is said to be in imminent danger after the Navy this week decided to transfer one of the main accused in the case Commander Sumith Ranasinghe back to the Naval Headquarters in Colombo. Under the transfer which took effect on Monday, Commander Ranasinghe has been appointed by the Navy Commander Sirimevan Ranasinghe as the Director of Naval Land Operations. While Welagedara was given additional security following his support in the CID investigations to the abduction of 11 youth by a group of Naval officers in 2009 for extortion purposes, this security detail will now be directly reporting to Ranasinghe causing grave concerns regarding the safety of Welagedara.
The latest move comes after the current illegal government backed by President Maithripala Sirisena's attempt to remove leading investigator of the case IP Nishantha Silva, OIC of the Gang Robbery Unit of the CID from his post by transferring him to Negombo division. It is one of the areas that may have posed a great risk to the life of Silva due to underworld related investigations done by him. However, bowing down to pressures of media and civil society this transfer was later withdrawn by the IGP himself. Sources say all these attempts are to shield CDS Ravindra Wijegunaratne whose arrest has been ordered by courts for his connection to the case.
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