The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is currently recording a statement from former IGP Mahinda Balasuriya in connection with the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, the police said.
Mr. Balasuriya arrived at the Police Headquarters to give a statement, a short while ago on Friday (29) morning.
Balasuriya was a former secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order as well. An army official was also taken into custody for allegedly threatening the driver of Wickrematunge on July 16.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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