News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka Orders Arrest of Top Police Watchdog
Sri Lanka's chief prosecutor on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a top officer at the police watchdog over his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar gun-running racket. Saman Dissanayake, the secretary and third in command of the National Police Commission, was ordered to appear in court by Friday over the transfer of state weapons to a private company. At the time of the offence, he was a top official in the defence ministry under Sri Lanka's then-president Mahinda Rajapakse. Dissanayake had exhausted his attempts at securing anticipatory bail and could now be arrested, state attorney
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka- Police fire tear gas and water on protest in Colombo
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) The Police fired tear gas and water on protesting unemployed graduates in Colombo today. The protesters gathered near the Lotus Roundabout blocking traffic. The Police ...
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka police chief, ex-defence secretary released on bail in Easter attacks case
Sri Lanka's police chief and former defence secretary were released on bail on Tuesday, a week after they were arrested over allegations that they failed to prevent the Easter Day bomb attacks that ...
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka court rejects Easter bomb murder charge against officials
A Sri Lankan court Tuesday rejected prosecution demands that the country's police chief and a top defence official face murder charges for failing to prevent the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks. Police Inspector General Pujith Jayasundara and former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando were represented
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka police bring five Easter bomb suspects back from Saudi Arabia
Five Sri Lankans suspected of having links to Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people were brought home in police custody on Friday after being deported from Saudi Arabia, police said. Police declined to provide details of the arrests beyond saying the five were picked up in a Middle Eastern country and were sent back, in the custody of Sri Lankan police, from the Saudi city of Jeddah. "These are the five remaining leaders of the April 21 terrorist group," police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera told reporters.
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka policeman defies president to testify at attack probe
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people. Sirisena has come in for major criticism after ordering top brass not to allow police, military or intelligence
News Sri Lanka police: Indian police raid Islamic State cell with links to Sri Lanka bombing mastermind
Indian police raided seven locations in Coimbatore on Wednesday in pursuit of a suspected Islamic State cell with links to the suicide bombers who killed over 250 people in Sri Lanka in April, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it was questioning seven men from Coimbatore,
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka expands curfew amid growing backlash against Muslims
Sri Lanka widened a curfew on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants and blocked Facebook and WhatsApp to stop people inciting violence.
News Sri Lanka police: Police chief blames president for failing to prevent Sri Lanka attacks
Sri Lanka's suspended police chief has petitioned the Supreme Court, accusing President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to prevent the Easter bombings that killed 258 people. In a 20-page complaint, Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara disclosed serious communication gaps between intelligence agencies
News Sri Lanka police: Committee probing Easter attacks submits its final report to Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena
A three-member committee appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians, Monday submitted its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena. Supreme Court Justice Vijith Malalgoda, who headed the committee, handed over the report to President Sirisena.
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka police chief: All suspects in blasts killed or arrested
Sri Lanka's security authorities have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, according to the police chief. Chandana Wickramaratne ...
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka police lifts nationwide curfew, arrests 60 people over riots
Sri Lankan authorities said they have arrested 60 people linked to the communal riots as a nationwide curfew was lifted on Wednesday in the island nation, which witnessed Sinhalese mob attacks on Muslim-owned shops and businesses in the aftermath of the deadly Easter blasts.
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka police arrest 23 for targeting Muslims after Easter bombings
Soldiers in armored vehicles patrolled the towns hit by sectarian violence this week as residents recalled how Muslims had hid in paddy fields to escape mobs carrying rods and swords, incensed over the militant attacks. Mobs moved through towns in Sri Lanka's northwest on motorbikes and in buses
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim riots claim first death
A Muslim mas was slashed to death in Sri Lanka Monday, police said after imposing a nationwide curfew to contain a violent new backlash against Easter suicide bombings. The 45-year-old man died shortly after admission to a hospital in Puttalam district during anti-Muslim rioting which began Sunday in
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka Catholics hold first Sunday mass after Easter attacks
Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people. Soldiers armed with automatic assault rifles guarded St. Theresa's church at Colombo's Thimbirigasyaya residential quarter, while
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka Catholics hold 1st Sunday Mass since attacks
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people. Military forces and police armed with ...
News Sri Lanka police: Chennai Police bombarded with hoax calls after Sri Lanka attacks
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Following the terror attacks in Sri Lanka, the Chennai police have been on their toes, thanks to 'hoax' calls from people who claim to have knowledge about those ...
News Sri Lanka police: Sri Lanka attacks: The family networks behind the bombings
Police were investigating attacks on statues of the Buddha ... but complacency about the peace in Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war in 2009 also played a role. Sporadic anti-Muslim riots since ...
