One week prior to the murder of Lasantha,Mahinda had entertained him to a cocktail - Ranjan

At a media briefing held at the Siri Kotha the deputy minster Ranjan Ramanayake had made a revelation that the week before the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunga , the chief editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper had been entertained by the then president  Mahinda Rajapaksa for a

It had also been revealed that Lasantha Wickrematunga had called the then president Mahinda Rajapksa over the phone to his private telephone. With all this the then president had quipped  now that he has no connection to the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunga.

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayke had added that the then president had acted in a manner similar to how LTTE Leader had entertained a suicide bomber to drinks and cocktails to have got his aspirations fulfilled .