Officers of Police intelligence Unit has been deployed on the directions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara for the protection of international car racing champion Dilantha Malagamuwa and to probe the threat on his life.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Inspector General of Police to pay close attention to the security of Dilantha Malagamuwa.
Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the IGP had ordered a full investigation into the threat on Malagamuwa’s life.
The spokesman said that Malagamuwa has lodged a complaint at the Police Headquarters about a month ago. An investigation has been started under the supervision of Senior DIG of Western Province but several attempts made to contact Mr. Malagamuwa were not successful since he was touring a foreign country. The investigation has resumed after Mr. Malagamuwa returned to the country recently.
Investigations have revealed that the underworld member Tharaka, who is in remand prison for the Matara jewellery heist, is the one who has threatened Malagamuwa’s life.
In 2003, Mr. Dilantha Malagamuwa had obtained on lease a 900-acre tea estate belonging to the Janatha Estates Development Board. In 2016, an individual named Bewan Perera has tried to get the lease agreement canceled. It is also stated that Dilantha Malagamuwa has lodged a complaint in this regard recently.
According to this complaint, Mr. Malagamuwa was summoned to the DIG Colombo North, on the advice of the DIG Western Province, to obtain a statement.
Police said that statements have been recorded from Dilantha Malagamuwa for about two hours. During this time all information on persons behind the threats made on Mr. Malagamuwa have been revealed to the police and the police will next obtain statements from those persons.
