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Indian national aware of alleged plot to kill Sri Lankan President held

COLOMBO: An Indian national who was aware of an alleged plot to assassinate Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had been arrested, a court was told.

Indian national aware of alleged plot to kill Sri Lankan President held

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. File photo



Colombo, September 26

An Indian national who was aware of an alleged plot to assassinate Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had been arrested, a court was told.

The Indian national, identified as M Thomas by the Lankan media, was arrested on Tuesday from the residence of the Anti-Corruption Movement operations director Namal Kumara, who exposed the assassination plot, CID Chief Inspector Ranjith Munasinghe informed the Fort Magistrate Court.

Magistrate Jayaratne instructed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to further interrogate Thomas and report the findings to the court.

Thomas was arrested when he visited Kumara’s home at Warakapola in the south western region.

Kumara had revealed that former in-charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division DIG Nalaka de Silva had discussed with him the alleged plot to kill Sirisena and the former Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the court was told.

Silva was questioned by the CID on Kumara’s revelations. He has been transferred out of the terrorism bureau pending investigations.

Thomas who was taken in custody for his alleged links to Kumara, arrived in the country on a tourist visa, which he overstayed, the court was told.

Meanwhile, the court has ordered to check the authenticity of sound tapes which Kumara had produced purported to be conversations between him and Silva. PTI

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