Abdul Sakthar Mohamed who was functioning as the Financial Controller of the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) group has been taken into police custody in Gampola.
According to the police, 200 cash receipts which corroborated the exchange of funds amounting to over Rs 10 million within the NTJ members were discovered in the possession of the suspect.
The NTJ's Financial Controller was arrested in a rented house which was in close proximity to the shop in which two wanted suspects had been hiding in Gampola.
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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