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Zahran’s father-in-law, two other suspects arrested by TID
By Norman Palihawadane
Terrorist Investigation Division sleuths had arrested the father-in-law of Easter Sunday bomber Zahran Hashim and two other suspects, Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said yesterday.
The TID was in the process of obtaining detention orders from a Magistrate’s courts to interrogate the suspects, the DIG said.
DIG Rohana said that the suspects aged 40, 52, and 55 years had been arrested from the Kekunagolla area in Kuliyapitiya, Kurunegala on Thursday (22).
The arrests had been made following investigations conducted by the TID into events and activities linked to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the Police Spokesman said.
The DIG said that the TID had arrested a large number of people for attending classes on extremism conducted by Hashim in various parts of the country.
Investigations had revealed that the classes had targeted Muslim youth especially, with many being forced to attend, the DIG said, adding the three suspects arrested on Thursday had been transferred to the TID headquarters in Colombo yesterday.
Meanwhile, the TID took another person into custody for allegedly forging passports and identity cards using the names of dead LTTE cadres.
The 42-year-old was arrested in the Vavuniya area, DIG Rohana said.
He was arrested for his alleged involvement in various criminal activities, including human trafficking.
The suspect would charged for making forged National Identity cards and passports under the name of deceased LTTE cadres, police said.
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.
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has filed an intervening petition before the Court of Appeal in connection with a petition filed by former head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, challenging his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act over investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
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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