"Not a 'stray case' though the media spokesman said so -- the gunman's target was me"

"Not a 'stray case' though the media spokesman said so -- the gunman's target was me"

Judge Ilanchelian made an explanation to the media yesterday by inferring that ideas expressed by the Police Media Spokesman were not correct in relation to the attack launched near the vehicle in which Judge Ilachelian was travelling, thus killing a police officer in Nallur area in Jaffna recently.

What he says is that this was not a stray incident and that the gunman's target was him. Since a court

case is still in operation he said that he is not prepared to reveal further about it and said "The Police Spokesman's voice means the voice of the State and the voice of the State means the voice of the government. He should act with responsibility. But the statement he presented to the media was without responsibility. I don't like to express my opinion about it as a Judge in High Court. According to the main victim and from eye-witness accounts it is seen that the target was the Judge. Both these police officers tried their best to protect me. Since this is a judicial matter nobody can interfere with these investigations. If somebody interferes ... it means that that the judiciary is subjected to contempt thereby".