Intra party rivalry led to murders:Gen.Ratwatte

Feb 15 (LNP) Former Deputy Minister of Defence, Anuruddha Ratwatte, while denying any involvement in the Pallethalawinna murders, told the Trial-at-Bar, that fierce rivalry between two Muslim candidates, contesting the Kandy District, led to the deaths of ten young Muslim men on December 5, 2001.