Guilty Conscience? Why Is This Top Cop Desperately Trying to Block His Own Arrest Over Easter Massacre?
COLOMBO – Instead of helping investigators finally deliver justice for the 269 victims of the Easter Sunday terror attacks, a senior police officer has done something that reeks of desperation and obstruction.
Senior Deputy Police Chief Waruna Jayasundara has rushed to the Court of Appeal, begging for a writ order to prevent his arrest – claiming there is “no justifiable cause” to detain him.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth that Jayasundara doesn’t want you to ask: If there’s really no cause, why is he so terrified of being arrested?
Running to Court Before the Knock on the Door
Let’s be clear. Innocent officers don’t file preemptive writ petitions. Innocent officers don’t name the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General as respondents in a frantic bid to stay out of handcuffs. Only someone who knows the net is closing in does that.
Jayasundara’s legal gambit isn’t about justice – it’s about evasion. He’s trying to use the courts as a shield against legitimate criminal investigations into one of the worst atrocities this country has ever seen.
What Is He Hiding?
The Easter Sunday bombings were not just a failure of intelligence – they were a failure of leadership, accountability, and possibly something far worse. Years of shoddy investigations, whitewashed reports, and protected names have left victims’ families seething with rage. And now, when it finally looks like senior officers may be held to account, along comes Jayasundara waving a writ petition.
Why? What exactly does he know that he doesn’t want investigators to uncover?
His own choice of words – “without justifiable cause” – is a tell. It admits that an arrest with justifiable cause would be perfectly legal. So the only question that matters is: Do the investigators have that cause?
And you can bet they do. No senior police chief goes to the Appeal Court over a baseless threat. Jayasundara isn’t stupid. He’s running scared.
A Slap in the Face to Victims
While 269 innocent lives were blown apart in churches and hotels, while families still weep at unmarked graves, this senior officer is using expensive lawyers to dodge questioning. It’s disgusting. It’s exactly the kind of insider impunity that has allowed the true failures of the Easter attacks to go unpunished for years.
The Court of Appeal must see this petition for what it really is: a desperate, last-ditch attempt to obstruct justice.
No More Protection for the Powerful
The police and the Attorney General should not stay silent. If there are grounds to arrest Jayasundara – and all signs suggest there are – then they must act immediately. No writ petition from a frightened officer should be allowed to derail a criminal probe.
Let the court throw out this shameful petition. Let the investigators do their job. And if Jayasundara has nothing to hide, let him face the law like any ordinary citizen – instead of hiding behind judicial robes.
The Easter victims deserve answers. They don’t deserve another powerful cop getting away.