(TID) DIG Nalaka Silva temporarily transferred | Daily News

(TID) DIG Nalaka Silva temporarily transferred

Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara had ordered the temporary transfer of the DIG in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) Nalaka de Silva to the Police IT Division effective from yesterday, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

The Police Spokesman told the Daily News that the IGP had ordered the transfer with the approval of the National Police Commission. During a press briefing convened in Kandy last week, Namal Kumara of the Dushana Virodi Balakaya revealed details of a plot that the DIG of the Terrorist Investigation Division Nalaka Silva had notified him of a conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa through underworld criminal Makadure Madush who is currently evading arrest.

Investigations regarding this revelation was initially handed over to Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) but was later handed over to the CID by IGP Pujith Jayasundara.

Meanwhile, Namal Kumara of the Dushana Virodi Balakaya who revealed the assassination plot was called to the CID yesterday to hand over his phone that contained the said conversation with DIG Nalaka Silva.

He arrived at the CID at around 9.30 last morning and was still being questioned as at 6 pm yesterday. Prior to entering the CID premises, Namal Kumara told the media that he was going to hand over his phone to the CID and also reveal some of the details that he had not revealed to the CID during previous questioning.

When contacted by the Daily News, Director of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) SSP Shani Abeysekera said that Namal Kumara had reported to the CID at around 10.00 am last morning and was still being questioned as at 6.00 pm. However, he said although many details had been revealed during the questioning, he could not divulge the details available so far due to the ongoing investigations, . A team from the Police Special Investigations Unit had earlier gone to Namal Kumara’s house to obtain a statement from him regarding his revelation. 


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