One year on Pressure mounts on Govt. as Easter Sunday probe lacks results

According to the statement made by President Dissanayake on Tuesday (18), years of political interference had severely obstructed earlier efforts to uncover the truth of the carnage.

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He said investigators are now analysing phone records, networks of connections, and other technical data to identify those who masterminded the coordinated bombings.

However, the President stressed that much of the evidence must be rebuilt in court, as crucial material had been suppressed or destroyed under previous administrations.

The President noted that the attacks should have been thoroughly investigated when memories and evidence were still fresh, but the process stalled after political groups suspected of involvement came into power. “Key evidence had been tampered with, including instances where “pages were torn from books,” he said. However he failed to name who these groups were.

He added that nearly 500 CID officers were placed under travel bans during the previous administration, while several senior investigators were removed, transferred, or imprisoned—moves he described as part of a broader pattern of obstruction.

The President further said that earlier investigations were botched or suppressed and that important institutions were compromised.

Despite these setbacks, he vowed that those responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks would be brought before the law.