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Tiran questioned over raid on Weligama hotel
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday (31) questioned former Public Security Minister Tiran Alles on a shooting incident near W 15 Hotel at Weligama on the night of 31 Dec., 2023, which led to the death of a police officer attached to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD).
Sources said that the CID questioned the former Minister as he was believed to have been aware of the circumstances leading to the deployment of the CCD team, on the specific instructions of IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, to carry out a raid on the W 15 hotel.
Tennakoon has been remanded at the Angunakolapalessa Prison till April 3 by the Matara Magistrate in connection with the Weligama shooting incidents.
Police said that there had been two incidents. At first, the CCD team, from Colombo, had fired at the hotel, alleging that the hotel harboured drug dealers. While they were firing at the hotel, a joint police and Army patrol that had arrived at the scene opened fire on the policemen from Colombo, wounding two personnel. Of them, one succumbed to his injuries at the Karapitiya Hospital.
Investigations have revealed that the CCD team, that had been assigned to carry out the Weligama raid, received orders directly from the IGP.
Following the conclusion of bilateral discussions between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, official-level talks between the delegations of Sri Lanka and India commenced this morning (05) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
Representing the Government of Sri Lanka were Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath; Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Anil Jayantha; Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake; Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, along with other senior officials.
The Indian delegation included Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and His Excellency Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, along with several other senior officials of the Government of India.
Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka on the invitation of President Anura Kumara Disanayake on Friday [04] night, visited the Presidential Secretariat this morning (05).
The Indian Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by President Anura Kumara Disanayake upon his arrival at the Presidential Secretariat.
Prime Minister Modi is currently on a state visit to Sri Lanka, reaffirming the theme “Friendship of Centuries — Commitment to a Prosperous Future” which symbolises the longstanding ties between Sri Lanka and India. The Indian Premier is scheduled to remain in the country until tomorrow (06).
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The official welcoming ceremony for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was held this morning (05) at the Independence Square in Colombo.
On arrival at the Independence Square the Indian Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by President Anura Kumara Disanayake.
Discussions between Sri Lankan and Indian delegations at the presidential secretariat
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