Colombo (News 1st); Acting IGP C. D. Wickremeratne has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately investigate a statement made by Karuna Amman recently, with regard to crimes committed by him when in the LTTE.
This was confirmed to News 1st, by Police Spokesperson SSP Jaliya Senaratne.
On Friday, the 19th of June, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, the Leader of the Tamil United Freedom Front also known as "Karuna Amman" said he killed 2000 to 3000 Sri Lankan soldiers in one night at Elephant Pass when in the LTTE, as opposed to the number of lives claimed by COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.
He went on to note “Karuna Amman is dangerous than the Corona Virus”.