Gossip9.lk News : DIG Vaas Gunawardena who was arrested yesterday over the murder of a businessman is being questioned under a 72-hour detention order, Police said. Bambalapitiya-based businessman Mohamed Siyam was abducted and murdered in the Dompe area on May 22.Following investigations conducted into the incident, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on June 06 arrested Sub-Inspector Lakmini Bamunusinghe, attached to the office of the DIG Western Province (North), along with three Police Constables (PCs) serving in the DIG’s special unit.Upon interrogating the arrested police officers, the CID uncovered information regarding the DIG’s alleged involvement in the businessman’s murder and recorded a statement from DIG Vaas Gunawardena on the same day. He was grilled by the CID for around 5 hours before being released, and due to the vast amount of information uncovered further investigations had speeded up. The DIG was expected to be taken in for questioning once again the following day (07), however the CID had decided to postpone it.According to police sources, the reason for this may have been due to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), N.K. Illangakoon attending a conference abroad, and further action was expected to be taken upon his return to the country on June 09. source : 01
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