Nalaka de Silva questioned for 6 hours on fourth day
October 23, 2018 07:52 pm
Former DIG Nalaka de Silva has left the CID after giving 6-hour long statement for the 4th day.
He arrived at the CID for the third time yesterday (22) and was grilled for nearly 9 hours; accordingly, today (23) is the fourth day of his interrogations.
DIG Nalaka de Silva, former Director of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), is currently under investigation in connection with an alleged conspiracy to assassinate the President and the former Defense Secretary.
He was questioned by the CID for 9 hours on the 18th October and was asked to return on the next day for further questioning. He was grilled for nearly 9 hours on the 19th October as well.
Director (Operations) of Anti-Corruption Movement, Namal Kumara, had last month uncovered information of the conspiracy and the alleged conversations that he had with former DIG Nalaka de Silva regarding the matter and other controversial topics.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) subsequently commenced investigations regarding the alleged conspiracy and has recorded statements from both Namal Kumara and the former DIG on multiple occasions.
