14 May 2021 08:06 am Views - 1996
A 38-year-old person was arrested in Mutur yesterday on the offense of organising classes of extremism in Mutur area in December 2018 before the Easter Sunday attack.
Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said he had organised classes for school leavers in Mutur area on the instructions of Zahran Hashim.
The DIG said the suspect has been brought to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) and will be detained under a detention order.
“In addition, two other suspects have been taken into TID custody at Kegalle and Polonnaruwa prions on the orders of respective magistrate courts under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Both suspects had been trained under Zahran. They had been remanded on various offenses after Easter Sunday attack,” he said.