(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is planning to obtain a statement from President Maithripala Sirisena based on a complaint made by Presidential Secretariat, with respect to the alleged conspiracy to assassinate the President and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the State media reported.
The CID is currently investigating the allegations made by the Operational Director of the Anti-Corruption Movement Namal Kumara that the former Head of the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Nalaka de Silva had been allegedly conspiring to assassinate President Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa by using underworld criminal ‘Makadure Madush’ who is absconding Court at the moment.
DIG Nalaka de Silva has already been sent on compulsory leave while a separate inquiry is in progress over the automatic firearms of the Division that had gone missing.
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