Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka informed Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake at the Elections Secretariat yesterday that one of his aides, who is a retired army captain and was in charge of his internal security and campaign security, had been abducted two days ago,held at an unknown location and later released after being threatened, sources close to the general told Daily Mirror online. The source said that, upon his release, the abducted officer had said that he had been threatened for being part of General Fonseka’s team. Pre dawn search on house visited by Gen. Fonseka
By Supun Dias The owner of a house where opposition common candidate General Sarath Fonseka stayed for several hours on the day he made a visit to his home town in Ambalangoda and also celebrated his birthday came in for a rude surprise early yesterday when a special police team visited his home and carried out a search. The owner of the house who is a close associate of General Fonseka lodged a complaint at the Ambalangoda police station yesterday morning said that 21 people claiming to be from the Special Task Force (STF) had carried out a search at his home at 3 am yesterday saying it was an order from the Defence Ministry. According to the complainant, the men came without a court order. Police media spokesman SSP I.M Karunaratne said the owner Marakkalage Chandrasiri had lodged the complaint seeking a guarantee of his future safety. “The security personnel who said that they were from the police searched the house for nearly an hour. They searched the house saying they had received information that there were suspicious items in his house”, the owner claimed. When contacted by the Daily Mirror STF commandant DIG K.M.L Sarathchandra said he was not aware of such a search operation. Pre dawn search on house visited by Gen. Fonseka
| | | By Supun Dias The owner of a house where opposition common candidate General Sarath Fonseka stayed for several hours on the day he made a visit to his home town in Ambalangoda and also celebrated his birthday came in for a rude surprise early yesterday when a special police team visited his home and carried out a search. The owner of the house who is a close associate of General Fonseka lodged a complaint at the Ambalangoda police station yesterday morning said that 21 people claiming to be from the Special Task Force (STF) had carried out a search at his home at 3 am yesterday saying it was an order from the Defence Ministry. According to the complainant, the men came without a court order. Police media spokesman SSP I.M Karunaratne said the owner Marakkalage Chandrasiri had lodged the complaint seeking a guarantee of his future safety. “The security personnel who said that they were from the police searched the house for nearly an hour. They searched the house saying they had received information that there were suspicious items in his house”, the owner claimed. When contacted by the Daily Mirror STF commandant DIG K.M.L Sarathchandra said he was not aware of such a search operation. |
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