By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has not taken any decision to send the controversial audio recording of the telephone conversation believed to have taken place between former Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) DIG Nalaka De Silva and civil society activist Namal Kumarage to Singapore for further investigations, Law and Order Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara said. He told The Sunday Morning that there was no truth to reports on the CID’s decision to send the audio clip to Singapore for further confirmation on voice identification by the experts there, and to obtain a court order on that behalf. Bandara also said the final report of the investigation was yet to come, and the audio clip had been sent to the Government Analysis Department for investigations. Meanwhile, the State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene ruled out a conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by De Silva as alleged by Kumarage. Wijewardene told The Sunday Morning that the CID had now resolved the speculations made by Kumarage, a member of a civil society group called Anti-Corruption Movement. Furthermore, an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Sirisena and Rajapaksa was not mentioned in the controversial audio recording of the telephone conversation, which supposedly took place between De Silva and himself. Asked whether the CID had identified if the voice on the audio recording belonged to de Silva or not; Wijewardene said that since the investigation was yet to be completed, he was unaware of their findings. The CID is still investigating the matter and the final report has not yet been made, he said. However, a key cabinet Minister, Duminda Dissanayake said on Wednesday that the audio recordings of the alleged telephone conversation had been sent to the University of Colombo and a group of experts were currently analysing the recordings to identify the voice. Dissanayake said as he was informed by CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekera, that the investigation would be completed within a week. At a press conference held in Kandy, last week, by the Anti-Corruption Movement (Dushana Virodhi Balakaya) Kumarage alleged that De Silva had been plotting to assassinate President Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Rajapaksa with the help of notorious drug kingpin, Makandure Madush. IGP Pujith Jayasundara ordered an investigation against De Silva to be conducted by the Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) but later the investigation was handed over to the CID and it was reported that the CID had recorded a statement from Kumarage. On Monday, the police announced that De Silva had been temporarily transferred to the Police IT Division under the instruction of Jayasundara. This decision was met by severe criticism by the opposition and the civil society organisations who alleged that it was not possible to carry out an impartial investigation since the DIG remained in active service. Later, the Ministry of Law and Order recommended that the DIG should be sent on compulsory leave based on a preliminary report submitted by the CID. The Ministry has also recommended to the National Police Commission (NPC) to place De Silva on compulsory leave with immediate effect in order to facilitate the on-going investigations into allegations against him. e Silva’s issue was discussed during the weekly cabinet briefing held on Wednesday where the government said that it was awaiting the final outcome of the investigation. Co-cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said that the DIG’s case should be looked into carefully and that he couldn’t be arrested only based on allegations. The Minister also said that the government was not interfering with the investigations and therefore assured an impartial investigation would take place. Meanwhile, the National Freedom Front (NFF) led by former Cabinet Minister and one of the key active Joint Opposition (JO) members; MP Wimal Weerawansa alleged that De Silva had connections with the LTTE. NFF National Organiser Jayantha Samaraweera added that they had evidence to prove that De Silva had close relationships with LTTE personnel in Chavakachcheri and some still maintained contact with him. Three SLFP rebel group front liners, MPs S.B. Dissanayaka, Dilan Perera and Thilanga Sumathipala have urged President Sirisena to take over the Law and Order Ministry immediately under his wings and remove IGP Jayasundara from his post.