Bank accounts of 41 suspects with links to the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) group who are under custody have been frozen, police said today (May 24).
The frozen bank accounts of these suspects had amounts totalling upto Rs 134 million. This was in addition to Rs 14 million which were siezed from the possession of the suspects at the time of the arrest, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
He noted that these suspects are under the the custody of the Terrorist Investigations Department (TID) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Meanwhile, the CID has also launched an investigation into assets worth Rs 7 billion belonging to the suspects, the Police Spokesman said iduring a briefing today.
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.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Secretary of the Justice Ministry has been instructed by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe not to gazette the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution dealing with the Presidential term, until the Presidential elections are held.
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