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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Criminal Investigations Division of the

Ampara Police have yesterday (22)arrrested Another activist attached to Banned extremist groups "National Thowheed Jamaath "and Jamaathe Millathe Ibrahim who had received arms training with Chief Suspectt of Easter Sunday Bomb attacks Mohommad Zahran Hashim at a training camp in Nuwara Eliya ..

The suspect Mohommad Rafaideen Mohommad Ali who had been arrested at Ampara yesterday was given the name "Abu Ikrima" after receiving Arms training it has been revealed. He is a resident of vatadeniya in Gampola area .The suspect was arrested accordance to the information received by State Intelligence Unit of Ampara .

Criminal Investigations Unit in Ampara had arrested 16 Thowheed Jamaath suspects so far who had received Arms training with Zahran .

Investigations On Forner Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapalske's Local Passport Case Handed Over To CID

The investigations regarding obtaining of a Sri Lankan passport by Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe whilst holding US Citizenship again handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID )after the preliminary investigations conducted regarding it by Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).

The preliminary investigations regarding the above case had been carried out by Colombo Crimes Division accordance to a complaint received by acting Inspector General Of Police (IGP )Chandana Wikramaratna. Earlier Acting IGP Wikramaratna had handed over the invesrigations regarding the complaint to CID and later it has been removed from there and handed over that to CCD .

The complaint received regarding obtaining of the local passport by former Defense Secretary says Former Defense Secretary had obtained the passport without indicating in the passport that he is a dual citizen.

CCD had already handed over a preliminary investigation report on the complaint against Forner Defense Secretary to the Acting IGP .Z

First Passenger Boat Service In Beira Lake Had Been Inaugurated This Morning (22)

The first Passenger Boat Service in Beira Lake ,Colombo to provide a solution for the heavy traffic congestion in Colombo had been inaugurated today (220 under the patronage of Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe .

The Boat Service will travel from Union Place -Colombo to Colombo Fort daily from 7.30 a.m to 8.30 a.m and 3.30 p.m to 5.30 p.m every 30 minutes it has been revealed .Three Air conditioned Boats equipped with modern seats are being utilized for this transport service and passengers will be able to travel from these boats free of charge for a month period .

Through this Boat Service passengers will be able to travel from Union Place ,Colombo to Colombo Fort by 9-10 minutes according to authorities .