CID to summon Nissanka Senadhipathi

The chairman of Avant Garde Security Company Nissanka Senadhipathi will be summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) within next few days, it was reported.

Nissanka Senadhipathi will be summoned to record a statement with respect to the controversial Avant Garde issue, the Police Spokesperson said.

Earlier, Ministers Champika Ranawaka, Dr Rajitha Seenaratne and Arjuna Ranatunga requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate the allegations made against them by the Nissanka Senadhipathi. 

In a joint letter to the IGP, the Cabinet ministers state that Major (Rtd) Nissanka Senadhipathi in an interview given to a newspaper had accused the ministers of acting against the Avant Garde company due to him declining to pay them “bribes”.