Senior DIG Latheef commences testifying before PSC
July 25, 2019 11:20 am
Police Special Task Force (STF) Commandant Senior DIG M.R. Latheef has commenced giving evidence before the Special Parliamentary Select Committee inquiring into the terror attacks on Easter Sunday, says Ada Derana reporter.
Former IGP N.K. Illangakoon and former Secretary to the Ministry of Law & Order Padmasiri Jayamanne are also slated to appear before the panel today (25).
The committee convened at the Parliament premises at around 10.30 am this morning.
Meanwhile, State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena, Senior DIG of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Ravi Seneviratne, Director of CID SSP Shani Abeysekera and Director of Police Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) SSP Waruna Jayasundara had also testified before the PSC at the parliament complex yesterday (24).
It was reported that the Select Committee recorded a 4-hour long separate statement from the intelligence chief in secret.
