CID to visit former President on 17 August

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that they will visit his residence to record a statement on 17 August. 

Reports say that the letter signed by the CID Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne was delivered to the former President’s official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07.

Reportedly, this is in connection with the abduction and assault of Journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008.

Noyahr, the former Deputy Editor of an English weekly newspaper, was abducted on 22 May 2008. A day later, he was dropped off near his residence, badly beaten up and bruised. Several army personnel including officers attached to the Army Intelligence Directorate and an Army Major were previously arrested and remanded in connection with the case.