Inspector General of Police N.K. Illangakoon has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department to start fresh investigations into the assassinations of a number of persons including journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga and ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen. The investigations into the killing of three persons at Rathupaswala on January 01, 2013 was also transferred to the CID from the Colombo Crimes Division on the orders of the IGP with effect from yesterday.