Former TID chief to be interdicted?

The Law and Order Ministry has recommended to the National Police Commission to interdict former chief of the Terrorism Investigations Division (TID), DIG Nalaka de Silva.

De Silva has been accused of being involved in an alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and several opposition VIPs.

He was summoned before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday to record a statement on the alleged assassination plot. De Silva however did not appear before the CID yesterday.