The driver of Zahran Hashim - the suicide bomber at the Shangri-La hotel has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department a short while ago.
The suspect was arrested by the Kattankudy Police yesterday (Apr 26) before he was handed over to the CID for further questioning, police said.
Police have identified the suspect as 53-year old M. Shariff Adam Lebbe alias 'Ghafoor'.
Mr. Lebbe, upon being questioned had revealed reportedly that the National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ) group was behind an attack in November last year.
He had allegedly recounted that two followers of the NTJ group had been involved in the killing of two policemen who were on duty in Vavuniya during the latter part of November last year.
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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