Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has filed an Fundamental Rights (FR) petition before the Supreme Court today seeking Court intervention to prevent his arrest for allegedly transporting displaced persons from Puttalam to Mannar in state owned buses during the last presidential election.
Former Minister Bathiudeen alleged that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is maliciously attempting to arrest him over the case. The Attorney General (AG), Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), CID are named as respondents in the case.
Currently CID is investigating an election violation complaint against Mr Bathiudeen over transporting some 12,000 persons in 225 CTB buses to Mannar in order to cast their votes.
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.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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