CID launches probe into false health rumour targeting President

By Lakmal Sooriyagoda

The Chief Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident of publishing false information about President Anura Kumara 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 the 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 court, officials from the CID confirmed that investigations are ongoing in relation to this incident.