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Sri Lankan authorities have dropped charges, including conspiracy to murder, against a former navy chief, Wasantha Karannagoda, linked to 11 killings that drew international condemnation.
Attorney General, Sanjay Rajaratnam on Wednesday told the Court of Appeal that the state will not pursue charges against Karannagoda, who was first indicted in 2019.
The investigation against him was part of a case that cast a spotlight on extrajudicial killings during Sri Lanka’s 37-year ethnic war that ended in 2009.
Report says the court would soon discharge Karannagoda, who is one of 14 people accused of abducting the teenage children of wealthy families in 2008 and 2009 and killing them after extorting money.
