Chief of Defence Staff and former Navy Commander Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne will be questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today. 

The CID will question the Chief of Defence Staff as part of the ongoing investigations into the abductions and killings of 11 youth by a paramilitary criminal gang. 

Wijegunaratne has been accused of aiding Chandana Hettiarachchi alias Navy Sampath, the main suspect in the crime, to flee the country evading police arrest. 

The Chief of Defence Staff's questioning comes just two days after the alleged incident where Lt. Commander Laksiri Galagamage, a key witness in the came, was assaulted by Wojegunaratne's aides within the Navy HQ premises.