A person who had offered a bribe to release a suspect allegedly linked to the banned National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) group has been further remanded until June 18.
The individual, claiming to be a relative of the suspect, had attempted to bribe the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Horowpathana Police in this regard.
Police have identified the relative as Mohamed Shifan while the suspected NTJ member has been identified as Abdul Majeed Mohamed Niyas.
Shifan was arrested by the Bribery Commission on May 5 upon a tip-off provided by Horowpathana OIC P.P.S.R. Sanjeewa. He had attempted to provide Rs 500,000 as a bribe before he was caught while providing Rs 250,000 of the total amount as an advance payment.
During today's court hearing, the Bribery Commission said that it was conducting further investigations on the suspect.
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.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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