Dushyantha Basnayake remanded

Razeena Razick

COLOMBO: Colombo Chief Magistrate Sarojani Kusala Weerawardane yesterday ordered the remand of Director Ceylon Business Equipment and Financial Director of Maubima newspaper Dushyantha Basnayake after revoking his detention order.The order is valid until May 8.

Earlier, the Magistrate impounded the passport of Tiran Alles, former Chairman of Aviation Authority and of the Maubima Newspaper who is currently under investigation for alleged links with the LTTE and extended the detention of Dushyantha Basnayake.

Basnayake who was held in detention until yesterday for alleged connections with the LTTE was produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate by the Terrorist Investigation Department.The TID in a report submitted to court stated that it was also conducting investigations pertaining to a land which Communication Business Equipment (CBE) had purchased in Pitakotte in the name of Anna Lakshmi who is the mother of Emil Kanthan, a leader of the LTTE intelligence unit.

The Chief Magistrate ordered the TID to produce the suspect in courts on May 8 together with a further report on the investigation.