Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 09:55
Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prasanna Nanayakkara was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for concealing evidence of the case pertaining the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief, Lasantha Wickrematunge, earlier today.
Nanayakkara functioned as the DIG of the Mount Lavinia Police Division at the time of the incident.
Lasantha Wickrematunge, who is also a correspondent for TIME Magazine and an outspoken critic of the government was assassinated at the Attidiya junction on January 8, 2009, while on his way to work.
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