FR petition filed seeking prevention of Wasantha Karanngoda’s arrest
February 25, 2019 06:02 pm
Retired Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda has filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition seeking an order preventing the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from arresting him.
The petition, filed before the Supreme Court today (25), has named the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Director of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Attorney General and the OIC of the Gang and Robbery Unit of CID as the respondents of the petition.
Karannagoda says that the CID has launched an investigation on him for allegedly threatening a witness of the case on the disappearance of a group of youths in Colombo and suburbs during the administration of the previous government.
The CID’s investigation is based on a statement given by the former Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah, he has stated in the petition.
Stating that there is a risk of CID arresting him, Karannagoda has requested the Supreme Court to issue an order preventing the arrest as these investigations of the CID has no basis.
