DSG Dilrukshi in a spot: Probe by PSC

A telephone conversation reportedly between Dilrukshi Dias Wickremesinghe, Deputy Solicitor General in the Attorney General’s Department and Avant Garde owner Nissanka Senadipathi over the floating armoury has gone viral in the social media.

Now, the Attorney General’s Department is to ask the Public Service Commission (PSC) to investigate this matter.

In a recorded conversation, Ms Wickremesinghe is reportedly quoted as saying that if she knew it earlier, she would not have initiated legal action against Avant Garde.

In the conversation, Mr Senadipathi complains to Ms Wickremesinghe over 4,000 employees of Avant Garde losing their jobs. She appears to admit that she is aware of it. “I never expected the business to fall since it was one of the best in the country,” she is reported as saying.

Ms. Wickremesinghe, who was also head of the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption, is further reported as saying, “If I had any indication that this was the position, do you think I would go ahead and file action?” Mr Senadipathi confirms by saying “yes” and adds that he received the two messages she had sent him.

“Who am I? I will not file legal action against Gotabaya Rajapaksa. I regret whatever I have done,” Ms. Wickremesinghe points out adding that “I know how to break the law and make the law.”

The purported conversation lasted a minute and 22 seconds.

On Saturday, Ms Wickramasinghe challenged Mr. Senadhipathi in a Facebook post to issue the full recording "without editing, docotoring and distorting the contents."