CID launches probe into false health rumor targeting President

The Chief Colombo Magistrate's Court today ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident of publishing false information about President Anura Dissanayake’s health condition during the last Presidential election.

According to a complaint lodged by Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala, the CID presented the relevant facts before Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage.

In his complaint, Watagala stated that the false information about President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s health condition was uploaded to the internet through an account belonging to an individual named "Subhash".

Presenting an investigation report to the court, officials from the CID confirmed that investigations are ongoing in relation to this incident.