Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader – Udaya Gammanpila has alleged that the government is attempting to create a new plot with regard to the mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.
As a part of this narrative, the government is planning to arrest former Chief of Intelligence Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay and former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, he charged.
Speaking at a media briefing today (Feb. 03) Gammanpila stated that the government is now engaged in an elaborate plan by raising allegations that Sri Lanka’s intelligence services carried out the bombings with the objective of bringing Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power.
Gammanpila referenced a three-member presidential investigation committee, comprising a former Supreme Court judge, a former Air Force commander, and a President’s Counsel, which he said had dismissed allegations made by a UK-based Channel 4 documentary linking Sri Lanka’s intelligence agencies to the attacks. He accused the government of ignoring the report and pushing a misleading narrative.
He also alleged that Asad Maulana, the key witness in the alleged government plot, faces multiple criminal accusations, including fraud and identity deception. Gammanpila claimed the government was facilitating Maulana’s return to Sri Lanka to obtain a statement against intelligence officials while suppressing investigations into his alleged crimes.
