Secretary of the Defence Ministry, Retired Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, has issued directives to arrest all armed forces deserters immediately, the Ministry said.
The decision came in the wake of reports that suggested the involvement of deserting military personnel engaging in contract killings and other criminal operations across the country.
Addressing the media last week on the recent surge in criminal activities by criminal gangs across the island, Defence Secretary Thuyacontha said that many of such individuals involved in recent crimes had unofficially left or been discharged from military service shortly after receiving weapons training.
He assured that necessary actions are being taken, with the assistance of the Police, to apprehend these individuals.
Earlier, the Sri Lanka Army instructed all personnel below the rank of Major to surrender their passports to their respective regiments.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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