The Supreme Court yesterday issued an order directing Prison Authorities to take necessary arrangements to produce two Madrasa School teachers before the Magistrate’s Court.
Mohammad Jawfar Lukman Hakeem and Mohammad Nasiruddin Mohammad Waseer, two teachers attached to Al-Zuhriya Madarasa in Puttalam had been arrested by CID on charges of giving arms training to schoolchildren in Puttalam.
The Supreme Court made this pursuant to Fundamental Rights petitions filed on behalf of the two suspects arrested and detained under Prevention of Terrorism Act. They are currently in remand custody. Attorney Erick Balasooriya had filed this petition on behalf of two teachers at the Al-Zuhriya Madarasa naming IGP, Director CID, the Attorney General, the Bar Association President and several others as respondents.
