The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) has issued a press release refuting social media reports that the Co-ordinating Secretary of its leader Rishad Bathiudeen was taken into custody on April 30.
"ACMC denies that the arrested individual is part of Minister Bathiudeen’s staff," the party said in its statement while referring to the suspect who was apprehended with some detonators during a search in Mannar.
The release proceeded to note that the arrested suspect Mohamed Zanu was a former member who represented the ACMC in the Mantai West Pradeshiya Sabha. However, Zanus had voluntarily resigned is not affiliated with ACMC anymore, the party emphasised.
"The two officially appointed Coordinating Secretaries of Minister Bathiudeen at present are Jailabdeen Mohammed Naleem and Irshad Rahmathulla. They both attend to their duties regularly at the Ministry offices, Colombo 3 and not in Mannar," the release read.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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