CID questions Namal Kumarage for 10 hours

17 September 2018 09:31 pm

Namal Kumarage the leading figure of the organization identified as an anti-corruption movement was today questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for nearly ten hours as to how DIG of the Terrorist Investigation Division Nalaka Silva informed him of a plot to lay harm on the lives of President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa by using underworld criminal Makadure Madush who is absconding court at the moment, police said.

They said Mr Namal Kumarage was questioned by the CID in this regard on Sunday (16) for seven hours.

A group called the Sinhalaye Api Jathika Sanvidanaya on Thursday lodged a complaint with the National Police Commission against Terrorism Investigations Division DIG Nalaka de Silva alleging that he had allegedly misused his powers to engage in corrupt activities seeking higher ranks in the police department.