Police seek public assistance to identify another 40 suspects

12 August 2022 01:06 pm

The police today released another photograph of 40 persons, seeking public assistance, to identify them for forcibly entering the President's Resident in Fort and causing damage to the property there on July 9.


Police said the Colombo Central  Divisional Crime Detective Bureau (DCDB) is investigating to arrest the suspects over the incident.

They said the photographs of the suspects whose identities have not yet been revealed, were obtained through social media platforms and CCTV footage of the incident.

Police requested the public to come forward and inform if they have information on the suspects on those photographs via telephone numbers 071-8591559, 071-8085585, 011-2391358, or 1997 (Hotline).

Earlier the police also released several photographs of suspects seeking public assistance to arrest them over the incident.