BMW not connected to President: Police

19 March 2018 05:04 pm

The social media post, that the BMW which plunged into the Diyawannawa Oya was connected to the President, is false, Police said.

Police said the vehicle bearing registration No: CBB 5005 was owned by Fahim Mohamed Hussein, a resident of Sigera road, Madiwela.

They said the CCTV footage had confirmed that the owner had driven the vehicle at the time of the accident.

Meanwhile a high ranking police officer said the vehicle had the garage number: WP C18-3182 when it met with the accident however it had been registered under CBB 5005.
It was revealed that the registration number has been issued on Thursday prior to the accident however the owner was not aware of it.(Thilanka Kanakarathna)