In a media release the CHR says as follows :

The two men disappeared on December 9, 2011 while returning home after organizing an event to celebrate the World Human Rights Day. The case is being heard in Jaffna Magistrates Court who ordered JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti and UPFA MP Keheliya Rambukwella to appear before it on November 13, 2015. Although Handunnetti appeared before court, Rambukwella failed to arrive. Thus the court has issued a warrant, ordering the police to present Rambukwella to court on February 03.

The disappearance of the two men was one of the most high profile disappearance since the end of the war. There are many clues which hints that the two men have been kept alive for a time after they were abducted and that the leadership of the government was aware of the abduction. While the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda has been satisfactory after the UNFGG government came into power, the state of investigation regarding the disappearance of Lalith and Kugan is thoroughly unsatisfactory.

The Habeas corpus case filed at the Colombo Appeals Court has also become redundant due to the slow progress of the investigation. The investigation on one of the most sensitive human rights violations have been forgotten by the mainstream now. It is in such an environment that the Magistrates Court has issued a warrant on Rambukwella.

However Rambukwella has not been presented to court still and it is unclear whether he would be presented to court or will he arrive at the court on his own will on February 3. This is an indication how slow progress made by the police is affecting the judicial processes.

Executive Director of CHR, Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon said that the slow progress of the events which transpired in Ratupaswala, Shooting of Anthony in Chilaw and Roshen Chanaka in Katunayake, the killing of prisoners in Welikada and the disappearance of Lalith and Kugan has cast serious doubts on the criminal investigation process in Sri Lanka.