8 March 2022 12:00 am Views - 105
By Lakmal Sooriyagoda
Former Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order preventing the CID from arresting him in connection to the allegations mentioned at the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate’s Court.
The former CID Chief is also seeking an order restraining President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from issuing a detention order in terms of section 9(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in his capacity as the Minister of Defence in respect of the allegations set out in a B-Report at the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate’s Court.
Ravi Seneviratne said he became aware that on February 10 this year, a B-Report had been filed by Chief Inspector Lalitha Dissanayake alleging that as a result of the serious omissions made by the petitioner and the former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekara paved the way to the Easter Sunday attacks.
Seneviratne further said the respondents are attempting to falsely implicate him by launching a biased, illegal and unreasonable investigation based on a false and belated anonymous petition alleging that he was derelict in his duties during the investigations of the NTJ and Zaharan.
The petitioner said the respondents are seeking to have him arrested and detained under the PTA or remanded in mala fide.
The petitioner had named ASP Meril Ranjan Lamahewa, Chief Inspector Niroshini Hewapathirana and Chief Inspector Induka Silva and several others as respondents.