In February 2015, following a
change in government, the police announced that Thajudeen's death was not accidental and that the investigation had been handed over to the
Criminal Investigation Department (CID). According to the police the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) had found the death to be suspicious. In May 2015 the Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered the JMO to hand over to the CID all photographs and notes relating to Thajudeen's death. The CID informed the magistrate in June 2015 that the
post mortem and the Government Analyst's (GA) report were contradictory and that they had asked the
Attorney General for instructions as to how to proceed. The magistrate ordered the four JMOs who visited the scene of the accident and conducted the post mortem to hand over their reports to the court. The CID informed the magistrate on 27 July 2015 that Thajudeen had been murdered. According to the CID Thajudeen's body showed signs of torture: his teeth and pelvic bones had been broken, his ribs had been fractured, his neck had been pierced with a sharp instrument and the muscles in his legs had been cut with a piece of broken glass. There were also signs that he had been assaulted with a
blunt instrument. In the meantime, his grave is being given protection to prevent any tampering. In 2015 when Thajudeen's death was mentioned by a UNP MP
Mujibur Rahuman in the parliament several UPFA members from Rajapaksa government obstructed him and threatened him. UPFA MPs
Johnston Fernando,
Indika Anuruddha and
Sanath Nishantha surrounded him and stopped him from delivering his speech allegedly making death threats. The police have claimed that the initial investigation into Thajudeen's death was shelved due to political pressure. The police also failed to investigate the fact that Thajudeen's body was found on the passenger side of his car. Thajudeen's wallet was found, without any signs of being burnt, in Kirulapone a few days after his death. Former Senior DIG
Anura Senanayake and former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera were remanded for their alleged involvement and the CID began investigating the phone calls of Damian Fernando who was the Nrahenpita OIC during the time of the crime. The investigations revealed that Damian Fernando received several calls from the Presidential Secretariat right after the crime. The PSD officers who served under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa are currently under investigation, for telephoning the former Narahenpita OIC. In September 2016 Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake informed Court that investigations revealed that Carlton House of the
Rajapaksa family in Hambantota had been included in the internal phone network connection of the Presidential Secretariat. It was also revealed that the former chief JMO Ananda Samarasekara had dispatched body parts of Wasim Thajudeen from the refrigerator a few days prior to his retirement and they are being investigated under the Public Property Act as the body parts had been taken into the former JMO's custody as case productions and, therefore belong to the state. In 2025, the new NPP government who came in to power in 2024 re opened the murder case after new witnesses came forward with new CCTV footage. The new details revealed that some of the Rajapaksha family members are involved in the case and the family’s closest gang member "Kajja" was involved in the scene of the murder. ==References==