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Riyaj Bathiudeen stalling probe unjustified: AG

13 Oct 2020

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera met with the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and officers yesterday (12). The AG had summoned the DIG in charge of the CID and its Chief Investigating Officer over the release of Riyaj Bathiudeen, brother of Member of Parliament Rishad Bathiudeen, who was recently released after being detained in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The CID officers were asked to bring the investigative material related to the release of Bathiudeen. However, upon meeting, the AG noted deficiencies in the stalled investigations against the suspect, according to AG’s Co-ordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. In addition, the AG has directed the CID to conduct further comprehensive investigations on specific matters. Further, the AG has informed the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) that stalling investigations in the case of Riyaj Bathiudeen by the CID is unjustified.


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