Mannar assistant police officer Upul Alawatte was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (Apr 01) over the abduction of a person who was under police custody in 2008.
Mr. Alawatte was summoned for questioning by the CID before he was arrested today, a senior CID official said adding that CID sleuths are conducting investigations into the abduction of a man who was in custody of the Piliyandala Police.
The assistant police officer is suspected to have been involved in the abduction of Sunanda Kandamby who was arrested by the Piliyandala police on December 31, 2008. Mr. Alawatte had served as the OIC of the Piliyandala Police Division at the time of the abduction.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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