18 February 2010 11:24 am
The CID informed the Mount Lavinia Magistrate Harsha Setunga that they have initiated investigations on five telephone numbers over the killing of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga near the Malagalage Primary school at Attidiya on January 8 last year.
The CID filing a report in court submitted that the investigations had been initiated to obtain details of the five telephone numbers that were decoded from five towers in the vicinity of Attidiya and all five connections had been obtained by tendering one national identity card.
On questioning the owner of the identity card had stated that his identity card was lost from his custody and he had not lodged any complaint with the police.
The suspect B. Prasanna Perera who was alleged to have robbed the mobile phone of Mr. Lasantha Wickrematunga was remanded till March 5. Further inquiry was postponed for March 5.