The Indian national who was remanded over the alleged VIP assassination plot was acquitted by the Colombo Fort Magistrates court today (Feb 27).
Issuing the verdict, the acting magistrate had announced that the suspect would not be subjected to any further legal proceedings in connection to the assassination plot.
However, Marcelli Thomas, the Indian national was remanded until March 13 over separate charges levelled against him for violating immigration laws.
Meanwhile, former DIG Nalaka de Silva further remanded until the said date in connection with the alleged assassination plot.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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.
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