Kapila's death: CCTV recordings were working.. as the technician stated, evidence about an unknown person at the house late at night.

Despite having water to drink in his room, his arrival in the kitchen late at night and being met by the servant, along with the simultaneous deactivation of security cameras in both relevant houses, has made Kapila Chandrasena's death an even greater mystery.

The inquest into the suspicious death of former SriLankan Airlines chief Kapila Chandrasena was re-examined before Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasekara, during which several dark and suspicious aspects of this death were revealed based on the facts presented to the court by the Colombo Crimes Division.

The testimonies of the servant who last spoke to him alive and the maid who prepared his room paint a picture of how the night before his death unfolded. The house servant, who made a cup of tea for Mr. Kapila around midnight, noticed the kitchen lights were still on when he woke up around 1:15 AM. Upon checking, he saw Mr. Kapila standing near the water filter with a white plastic bottle in his hand. His coming downstairs despite having water in his room, and his remaining in the same clothes he wore during the day until dawn, are matters of great curiosity. Furthermore, the maid named Jayashila, who prepared Mr. Kapila's room around 10:30 PM that night, states that after the group who came to discuss bail left, Mr. Kapila and Mr. Aravinda, along with another unknown person, remained in the house.

This series of events is further complicated by the mysterious disappearance of technical evidence. The police informed the court that although CCTV camera systems were operational at Mr. Aravinda de Silva's residence as well as Mr. Kapila Chandrasena's residence in Barnes Place, no footage was recorded. A representative from the company that installed the system testified and confirmed that cameras were installed in five locations, including the kitchen, and were set up to record. However, court permission has now been granted to send the relevant Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) to the Government Analyst to ascertain if any footage within them has been erased.

A significant gap in the investigations concerning this mysterious death also came under severe criticism from the Magistrate. This was the fact that the Colombo Crimes Division had not yet recorded any statements from two key individuals who visited Mr. Aravinda de Silva's house on the night of the death. Although the police stated that they are currently remanded in connection with another incident, the court emphasized that the failure to record their statements, even while in prison, constitutes a serious weakness in the investigations. Additionally, two types of unidentified drugs wrapped in papers folded in an unusual manner into nine and eleven sides, along with Mr. Kapila's blood samples, are to be compared, and analyst reports are to be called for.

As everything concluded, he was found fallen on the floor in a dark room with a cloth strip wrapped around his neck. Whether he truly committed suicide, or if another tragedy is hidden amidst these deactivated cameras and silent witnesses, remains a terrifying enigma awaiting answers before the law.