Sarah Jasmine Is Not Dead! Explosive Revelations on the Easter Sunday Attacks
Investigations have revealed that Pulastini Mahendran, alias “Sarah Jasmine,” a key member of Zahran Hashim’s terrorist network involved in the Easter Sunday bombings, is not dead, Deputy Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today (07).
Although attempts were made during the previous government to establish that she had died, current investigations have conclusively overturned that narrative, the Deputy Minister stated.
Responding to a question raised by MP Mujibur Rahman, the Deputy Minister said there is strong suspicion that Sarah Jasmine fled Sri Lanka, and that steps will be taken to obtain an open warrant for her arrest if required.
While there is no official confirmation so far that she is residing in India, deep and continuous investigations are ongoing into her whereabouts, he added.
Deputy Minister Wijepala further emphasised that the new government is paying special attention to whether a political or other conspiracy lay behind the Easter Sunday attacks.
“A very deep investigation is currently underway. Certain sensitive information cannot be disclosed to Parliament at this stage as it could obstruct ongoing investigations,” he stressed.
Speaking during the debate, MP Mujibur Rahman claimed that even the current Minister Nalinda Jayatissa, when he was in the opposition, had stated that Sarah Jasmine was in India. He questioned why, if the government is taking steps to bring back underworld figures living abroad, similar urgent action has not been taken to secure an open warrant against Sarah Jasmine.
In response, Deputy Minister Wijepala reiterated that the government will not hesitate to take legal action or seek warrants when and if required.
Sarah Jasmine: Who Helped Her Escape – and Why the Questions Are Being Asked Only Now?
If Sarah Jasmine is not dead, as Parliament has now been officially informed, then Sri Lanka is confronting a far more disturbing question than her mere whereabouts.
Who helped her escape Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday attacks?
This was not a minor administrative failure. Sarah Jasmine was not an ordinary suspect. She was a central operative linked directly to Zahran Hashim’s inner circle. Airports, ports, immigration controls, intelligence units, and law enforcement agencies were on high alert in the aftermath of the attacks. And yet, she appears to have vanished—cleanly, quietly, and efficiently.
Such an escape does not happen without assistance.
The second question is even more troubling:
Why did successive governments fail to issue an international arrest warrant or activate Interpol Red Notices at the appropriate time?
If investigators now admit that the “death” narrative was incorrect, then the deliberate promotion of that narrative must be examined. Was it incompetence—or was it convenience? Declaring a suspect “dead” is the easiest way to close files, silence questions, and neutralise public pressure.
Now, a third political question emerges.
Why is SJB MP Mujibur Rahman suddenly resurrecting the Sarah Jasmine issue—only after the NPP government has reopened the investigation?
For years, when the Easter Sunday victims demanded answers, many of the same political actors were either silent or evasive. No sustained parliamentary pressure. No urgency for international warrants. No accountability for intelligence failures.
Yet today, the issue is selectively weaponised—not to expose the networks that enabled Sarah Jasmine’s escape, but to assign blame to the present government for not acting fast enough on a crime it did not conceal.
This is a familiar political manoeuvre in Sri Lanka:
Create silence when you are in power; create outrage when you are not.
If Mujibur Rahman and others are genuinely concerned, the questions should be directed backwards, not sideways:
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Who authorised the “Sarah Jasmine is dead” narrative?
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Who decided not to escalate her case internationally?
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Who benefited from her disappearance?
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And who ensured that accountability never reached the political class?
The NPP government’s mistake—if any—has been reopening files that were deliberately buried. That discomfort is now being projected as political blame.
Sarah Jasmine’s survival is not merely a security issue. It is a mirror held up to the state’s intelligence failures, political complicity, and institutional decay following the Easter Sunday attacks.
Until those who governed at the time answer these questions honestly, no amount of parliamentary theatrics will substitute for justice.