Travel ban temporarily lifted on key witness in abduction and murder of 11 youth case

<p>The travel ban imposed on Lieutenant Commander G.Laksiri, a key witness in the case of the abduction and murder of 11 youth&nbsp;between 2008 and 2009,&nbsp;was temporarily lifted on July 17. The order was issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanyake.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, the case filed against Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, was also postponed until October 9.</p> <p>Last year, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was remanded in custody following a summons by the CID over his involvement in helping the main suspect, Lieutenant Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias 'Navy Sampath', evade arrest.</p> <p>The eleven youths have been named as Kasthuriarachchi John, Thyagarajah Jegan, Rajiv Naganathan, Soosaipillai Amalan, Soosaipillai Roshan, Kasthuriarachchi Anton, Prageeth Vishvanathan, Thilakeshwaran Ramalingam, Mohamed Dilan, Mohamed Saajid and Ali Anwar.&nbsp;</p> <p>The youth&nbsp;are believed to have been held in navy bases at Trincomalee and Colombo before being murdered.</p>