Indian national claims plot to assassinate Prez., MR

The CID informed Colombo Magistrate's Court today that the Indian national, who was arrested at the Anti-Corruption Movement Operational Director Namal Kumara’s Mawanella residence, had claimed that there was a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members.

The CID informed Court that the arrested Indian National was overstaying his visas and that he was residing in a rented house in Ragama.

The CID said he was being questioned on a detention order and that further investigations into the incident was in progress. (Buddimal Ruberu)