On July 8, Sunhill Group of Companies Chairperson Surendra Wasantha Perera, better known as “Club Wasantha” was killed in a hail of bullets. In a first for Sri Lanka, all 27 bullets aimed at him bore the inscription of three letters – KPI. Club Wasantha moments before his assassination The inscription was quickly connected to the notorious underworld figure Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran, also known as ‘Kanji Pani Imran,’ who frequently marks illegal drug consignments with his initials.
Information uncovered since the killing regarding possible motives has only reinforced this assumption. The murder of Perera has also revealed the nexus between Sri Lanka’s underworld and certain corrupt policemen. A young Inspector of Police (IP), formerly part of a leading anti-crime unit in Colombo, had conducted extensive investigations into Kanji Pani Imran.
Despite recently claiming to receive death threats, he made the startling decision to flee the country, resurfacing in France. It is now widely known that he is living in France under the protection of Kanji Pani Imran himself. According to sources, the IP along with Kanji Pani Imran was seen recently in Italy at a party thrown by an uncle of an underworld gangster killed in a shootout with the STF.
This IP had also been involved in the investigations into underworld activities at the time of Makandure Madhush’s killing by an unidentified gunman in October 2020. Crime empire However, it is said Kanji Pani Imran’s connecti.