Board appointed to probe recent violence in the country

• Three former armed force commanders appointed for the Board of Inquiry

By Sunil Jayasiri  

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Board of  Inquiry to ascertain lapses, if any, by the armed forces and State  Intelligence Services during the recent incidents of violence in  Mirihana on March 31 and island-wide violence since May 9, official’  sources said.   Accordingly, former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet  Wasantha  Karannagoda, former Air Force Commander Marshal of the Air  Force Roshan Goonetileke and former Army Commander Daya Ratnayake are  the members of the Board of Inquiry.  

The first meeting of the Board of Inquiry will take place  today and expected to hand over their report to the President soon, they  said.  

The Board of Inquiry is tasked to inquiry into the incident  near the President’s private residence in Mirihana on March 31 and  series of incidents in Kollupitiya and Galle Face on May 9 and after  that serious of violence in the country killing several people and  damaging public properties etc.