The Hon. Mujibur Rahuman
Mujibur Rahuman questioned the Government’s handling of investigations into Sara Jasmine, a figure linked to Zaharan’s group in the Easter Sunday bombings, noting that earlier claims of her death are now disputed and DNA findings were accepted as flawed. He asked why no open warrant has been issued and whether the Government has raised the matter with Indian authorities, given reports she may be in India and recent high-level bilateral engagements.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, regarding the Easter Sunday bombings, a key figure linked to Zaharan’s group, Sara Jasmine, was declared dead in the third investigation conducted under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after 2020. However, it is now generally accepted that she did not die but escaped—or was assisted by a group to flee. Your Government too accepts that the DNA findings were flawed. Even Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa, when in Opposition, stated that she was in India. If so, why has no open warrant been issued to locate her? You have been in office for a year now. Given close cooperation with India—the Indian Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary both visited Sri Lanka, and our Prime Minister and President have engaged—was this matter raised to secure her return if she is in India? Why is there still no open warrant to find Sara Jasmine?
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahuman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23272