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CID can arrest Rishad without a court warrant
– Magistrate
By AJA Abeynayake
Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage yesterday (13) told the Criminal Investigations Department that it did not need a warrant from a court to arrest former Minister and SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen and two others, based on the nature of the charges against them.
The Magistrate turned-down the request made by the CID to issue a warrant for the arrest of Rishad Bathiudeen and two others.
State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General told The Island that Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage had ordered the CID to act accordingly and report facts to the court.
She said Attorney General Dappula de Livera had directed the Acting IGP to obtain a warrant from Court and arrest MP Bathuideen on charges of Criminal Misappropriation of Public Funds and Violation of Election Laws with regard to the Transportation of IDPs in CTB buses to vote at the 2019 Presidential Election.