Court rejects search warrant

25 January 2010 07:30 am

The Colombo Magistrates court today refused to grant a search warrant requested by the Criminal Investigations Department to search UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office and the Biyagama press of Wijeya Newspapers, publishers of Daily Mirror, Court documents seen today stated.

IP Chandana of the CID filing a report before the Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandani Meegoda on Saturday submitted that the IGP had complained to the Director of the CID about the printing of defamatory literature and stacking of Posters and hand bill at the Wijeya newspapers printing press at Biyagama and hiding XLR fire arms to use against the government at Ranil Wickremesingha's office.

The magistrate observed that the police had not produced any poster hand bill or T-shirt to prove the allegation, according to the Court documents.  (YP & TFT)