{"id":42433,"date":"2015-08-01T19:46:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T23:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42433"},"modified":"2015-08-01T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T23:47:10","slug":"bloemendhal-road-shooting-was-masterminded-by-the-rajapaksas-and-their-henchmen-alleges-unp-finance-minister-ravi-karunanayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42433","title":{"rendered":"Bloemendhal Road Shooting was Masterminded by the Rajapaksas and their Henchmen Alleges UNP finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Zacki Jabbar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accusing the Rajapaksas and\u2002 their henchmen of\u2002 masterminding\u2002 Friday\u2019s shooting incident at Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13, which left one dead and 13 injured including two seriously, Finance Minister Ravi Karunayake said\u2002 that an attempt was being made\u2002to revive the fear psychosis that prevailed in the country for a decade prior to January 8.<\/p>\n

Addressing a news conference in Colombo, Karunanayake who is running at the\u2002 August 17 General Election on the UNP-led United National Front Good Governance ( UNFGG )\u2002 ticket, said that\u2002 the violence directed at\u2002UNPers who were campaigning for him\u2002at Bloemendhal Road on Friday morning was not an isolated incident but a continuation of the unlawful activity witnessed over the previous 10 days.<\/p>\n

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” Last week a remote controlled bomb was\u2002 found in Ambalangoda. The very next day\u2002 three persons armed with a pistol were detected while traveling in a white van at Mirihana. They were said to be former\u2002Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksas security personnel. Thereafter attempts to smuggle in many ethanol, liquor and cigarette containers were detected. Yesterday a dead body in a bag\u2002was found at the Pettah private bus stand,” he said.<\/p>\n

These were not accidental revelations but an attempt by agents of the Rajapaksas \u2002to butress their\u2002claim that the security situation had deteriorated due to a revival of\u2002underworld and LTTE terrorism, he added.<\/p>\n

Karunanayake alleged that there was nexus between recent election speeches made by some leading pro-Mahinda UPFA politicians and the unlawful polls related incidents.<\/p>\n

“Today\u2019s newspapers have a picture of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa with a drug kingpin. It is the Rajapaksas who are the terrorists. Having unleashed State terrorism through their underworld gangs for a\u2002decade, they are now trying to revive\u2002their past.”\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t be surprised if very soon a section of the UPFA explodes\u2002\u2002a bomb\u2002 at one of its own meetings and then cry out that the LTTE was\u2002 trying to eliminate Mahinda,” he added.<\/p>\n

\u2002”The Rajapaksas are desperate since the Maithripala- Ranil government has re-established good governance and the rule of law,” he said. “They are creating mayhem in an attempt to recapture power , but the people\u2002 would defeat their machinations.”<\/p>\n

Karunanayake appealed to what he termed “elements within the police” who are protecting some underworld figures and the Rajapaksas to act impartially and arrest the culprits responsible for the recent crime wave.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Sunday Island<\/em><\/p>\n

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by Zacki Jabbar Accusing the Rajapaksas and\u2002 their henchmen of\u2002 masterminding\u2002 Friday\u2019s shooting incident at Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13, which left one dead and 13 injured including two seriously, Finance Minister Ravi Karunayake said\u2002 that an attempt was being made\u2002to revive the fear psychosis that prevailed in the country for a decade prior to January …<\/p>\n

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