Paramilitary leader represents Sri Lanka at US Independence Day celebrations in Colombo

Photo: @AiyoMalli

The paramilitary leader and Minister Douglas Devananda represented the Sri Lankan government at an event to celebrate the US independence day at an event in Colombo.

The leader of the notorious EPDP addressed the attendees at the function inside the US Embassy to Sri Lanka, alongside Ambassador Michele Sison.

Devananda is one of the most notorious paramilitary figures and has an outstanding arrest warrant from India, for a murder committed in Chennai in 1986.

The minister and his paramilitary, who is backed by the Sri Lankan government, has been accused of being responsible for murder, rape, forced prostitution, child trafficking and extortion.

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