Seven Sri Lankan fugitives under INTERPOL red notice list

13 June 2023 07:32 am Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 11 Bookmark

A A A

Seven Sri Lankan fugitives are among 6,872 fugitives listed under the INTERPOL’s red notice list, recent statistics have shown.

Out of the seven, four Sri Lankans are listed as ‘wanted’ in Sri Lanka while the other three Sri Lankan fugitives have been issued red notices upon requests made by foreign countries over crimes they had committed in their territories.

A red notice is a request to law enforcement authorities worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action, Interpol sources explained.

According to Interpol statistics posted on its website, four Sri Lankans, 38-year-old De Soyza Jagamuni Sujeewa alias Kosgoda Sujee, Nadaraja Sivarajah (49), Munisamy Tharmaseelan (50) and Viknarasa Selvanthan (35) are wanted by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities.

The red notices were issued on Kosgoda Sujee over a murder case and on Nadaraja Sivarajah for aiding and abetting to assassinate late Minister Lakshman Kadiragamer. Tharmaseelan is wanted over possession of two hand grenades and 200 rounds of live ammunition while Selvanthan was charged over robbery and murder. Meanwhile, three Sri Lankan nationals, Kumarasamy Navaneethana (52) fromVavuniya is wanted by Romania over a murder while Mohamed Powmi (61) from Elabodagama is wanted by India over counterfeit currency and Manickavasagar Vijayarajah (41) from Jaffna is wanted by Canada over first degree murder.

Meanwhile, the Interpol has issued yellow notices on five other Sri Lankans. Yellow notices are issued to help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves. Accordingly, the Interpol noticed that Balakrishan Niresh (31) had disappeared in Vavuniya on January 27,2022 while Weebadde Ralalage Saman Wijesiri (68) disappeared in October 13, 2018.

Also, Gayindu Kithmuka Madurapperuma (20) had disappeared in Colombo when he was 5-years-old. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)

Comments - 11

Sokrates Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:43 AM

Also Putin is on the red list.

0 0

S.Mendis Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:18 AM

People of no consequence , as usual !

0 0

Pol pot Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:27 AM

How about arjun Aloysius,??

0 0

Sambo Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:50 AM

There should be more and they are living right under our very own noses but interpol does not see them.

0 0

Tak Tik Tuk Tuesday, 13 June 2023 09:59 AM

How about Tony Blair and George Bush Jr. and the Rajapakshas?

0 0

Raj Tuesday, 13 June 2023 10:43 AM

While some of them are in 50s and 60s, their pictures appears in 20s or 30s

0 0

NandeTilak Tuesday, 13 June 2023 11:11 AM

Big bosses behind them unwanted!

0 0

Terrence K Tuesday, 13 June 2023 11:37 AM

Since the main suspect of the Bond Scam was not appearing in the Red Notice I presume that the final notice is the Eight Notice which should be approved by the Eight Nations of the Security Council but reluctant as the saying goes "Fools rush in where Angels Fear to Tread"

0 0

Rajiv De Silva Tuesday, 13 June 2023 11:48 AM

Central bank man is not in the list.

0 0

Sam Silva Tuesday, 13 June 2023 05:33 PM

Also the individuals who aided and let him escape.

0 0

Ram Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:42 PM

We are trying to get the fugitives to prosecute for offences that they have committed. We have so many at home who must be prosecuted for their crimes but overlooked due to various reasons. When will our authorities act justly

0 0

Add comment
Comments will be edited (grammar, spelling and slang) and authorized at the discretion of Daily Mirror online. The website also has the right not to publish selected comments.