Sri Lanka's Health Minister stated that former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapksa masterminded the creation of Tamil gangs in Jaffna, in a press conference earlier this week.
Speaking to the media Rajitha Senaratne said the gang was created by Mr Rajapaksa during the armed conflict in order to battle against the LTTE. He went on to state that the group had acted with the full knowledge of the Sri Lankan military.
“Why it is active in the peace time?,” he questioned. “What they expect by creating a fear psychosis among the civilians in the North?”
Mr Rajapaksa meanwhile dismissed the minister's claims, saying, “such statements will only increase the allegations against the Sri Lanka Army”.
“Now Tamil politicians are also trying to make allegations, taking advantage of those statements,” he said, adding “there is no need to refute Minister Senaratne, because the answers to such questions should be given by President Maithripala Sirisena, the present Defence Secretary and the Commanders of the Armed Forces”.
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