Reports publicized by some media outlets of an alleged plot to assassinate Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential hopeful, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa has been refuted by the Sri Lanka Police.
The Police Media Spokesperson’s Office issued a release denying claims about an assassination plot yesterday (29).
The Sri Lanka Army on August 18th had arrested a Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) serving at the Palai Hospital named Sinnaiya Sivaruban over alleged connections to terrorist activities and was transferred to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in Jaffna for interrogation.
Based on the information revealed during the interrogation, four more suspects – Sinnamanie Kaneswaran, Iraththinam Krishnarasa, Mohansundaram Sinnathurai, and Vinyagamoorthy Nejilan – were arrested. Interrogations have also revealed a stock of weaponry hidden in Jaffna.
Two more suspects – T. Nimalaraj, and Ruban Jathusanj – were also arrested based on the revealed information on Wednesday (28).
Meanwhile, several newspapers had reported yesterday (29) that the main suspect Sivaruban had also confessed to the TID on a conspiracy to assassinate the Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa.
However, the Police have stated that these reports were false and that none of the seven suspects including Sivaruban had made such a statement or a confession to the Police or any other official of an assassination plot.
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