Zahran was on Rajapaksa payroll: Kiriella

Leader of the House and Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development Lakshman Kiriella yesterday informed the Parliament that the leader of the Easter Sunday attacks, Zahran Hashim, was on the government’s payroll during the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration.

"The former government paid salaries from State accounts to 30 members of the Thowheed Jama'ath," Kiriella said

"There is enough evidence to suggest that these terrorists were paid wages by the former regime. We must find out how much they were paid and we will prove this before the Parliamentary Select Committee," he added