COLOMBO : Former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara was arrested by CCD this morning.
He was arrested on charges of fabricating evidence over a firearms case at the CID.
On Thursday, A Fundamental Rights petition filed by Abeysekara was withdrawn by himself before Supreme Court.
Through this petition, Shani Abeysekara had challenged his transfer from the post of Director CID to a Personal Assistant to the Deputy Inspector General of Police of Galle Range.
Through his counsel, Shani Abeysekara sought Court’s permission to withdraw this petition since he has already filed another Fundamental Rights petition challenging National Police Commission’s subsequent decision to interdict him from police service.