Gota provided support for NTJ: Rajitha

The government in is possession of information that corroborates Gotabaya Rajapaksa's involvement with organisations such the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) and Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), Health Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said at a press briefing held yesterday.
 
Senaratne added that the latest information they received was about the murder in Batticaloa where two police constables were killed while on duty. He noted that it was four Army officers who directed the operation with the use of intelligence information and it has been revealed that they are linked to Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
 
The Minister said 26 officers were paid by the intelligence and salaries were also paid to NTJ members. The Minister noted that the suicide bomber Abdul Razeek was the secretary of the organisation and that he was paid as an officer of army intelligence.
 
 “This is the Thowheeth Jama'ath organisation and this was the picture the organisation has taken with the former president. The one on top is our very own patriot Udaya Gammanpila. 

There are photographs with Wimal Weerawansa too. So these are the extremists with them. A minister at the time, Hizbullah and Dullas Alahapperuma signed an agreement to build a sharia university in Batticaloa. But now they say that the university should be closed. But who signed it? They signed it," Senaratne said.