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Four arrested with a scanner searching for gold buried by LTTE
By Norman Palihawadane
Police STF commandos have nabbed four people who were carrying a state-of-the-art scanning machine to search for gold, money and weapons allegedly hidden by the LTTE during the war in Mahaviru area of Kanakapuram in Kilinochchi.
The raid was conducted on the information received by the Kilinochchi camp of the Special Task Force and the STF officers arrested the four persons transporting the scanner in a car and seized their equipment.
Among the seized goods are German-made antennas, batteries, battery chargers, scanners including parts. A modern car was also found in the possession of these suspects and taken into police custody.
The four suspects aged between 30 and 58, are residents of Madampe, Kandy, Naththandiya and, Middeniya.The suspects have been handed over to Kilinochchi Police Station for further investigation.
It has been reported that former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne has been found dead at his residence in Athurugiriya this morning (17)
it is suspected that he may have taken his own life.
A heated argument broke out between Jaffna District MP Archchuna Ramanathan and Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar during the Kilinochchi District Coordination Committee meeting held yesterday (16).
A video footage of the incident shows the MP and the Minister engaging in a heated verbal exchange, following which a physical confrontation appeared to develop when the Minister attempted to grab files reportedly in the possession of MP Ramanathan.
“If you lay a hand on me, I’ll lay a hand on you too… got it?” Ramanathan is heard telling the Minister during the exchange.
Police and officials present at the meeting intervened to prevent the situation from escalating further.
The circumstances that led to the confrontation were not immediately clear.
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The Cardinal has sought permission from the court to make submissions in relation to Sallay’s petition and requested that it be dismissed.
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