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Court imposes travel ban on Shani Abeysekara

08 Jan 2020

The Nugegoda Magistrate's Court today (08) issued an overseas travel ban on former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara. The National Police Commission yesterday(7) said that the former CID Chief had been interdicted with immediate effect, Abeysekara has reportedly been interdicted for causing disrepute to the police over a statement made in a leaked tele-conversation. Several audio clips purportedly between former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake and state officials including officials of the CID have surfaced on social media following a raid at his house. After the regime change following the presidential election, Abeysekara, who handled several high profile cases, was transferred and assigned as the Personal Assistant to the Southern Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police.  


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