Three persons who had levelled death threats and demanded a ransom of Rs 100 million from the chief priest of the Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya were arrested yesterday (Jun 8).
According to the Police, the suspects who had identified themselves as members of an organisation named 'Jawad' had threatened the chief monk via a telephone call on May 20.
Measures had been taken to track down the phone number on which the call had been made, police noted adding that three persons were arrested along with their mobile phones afterwards.
The suspects have been identified as Jayashantha Dissanayake, 25, Prasanna Karunaratne, 19, and Mihindu Gunaratne, 34. They are due to be produced before the Dambulla Magistrate's Court today (Jun 9).
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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