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Gen. Fonseka was forcibly dragged away from his office

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

In a disturbing turn of events, retired four star General Sarath Fonseka was taken into custody by a contingent of military police on the night of Monday February 8th 2010.

General Fonseka a widely regarded as the most successful army commander in post-Independence Sri Lanka was roughly manhandled, assaulted and forcibly dragged away by military personnel who had saluted him with respect only a few months ago.

The ex-army chief who was the main challenger of President Mahinda Rajapakse in the recently concluded Presidential poll is currently detained at a chalet within the Naval headquarters precincts in Colombo. [click to read here in full ~ dbsjeyaraj.com]

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