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Police probe Gobi’s telephone callsThe police say they are investigating the telephone calls made by Gobi, a former LTTE cadre who was killed during a confrontation with the army last week. Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that the telephone calls of two other former rebels including Appan, who were also killed during the clash in Vavuniya are also under investigation. Ajith Rohana said that once the details of the telephone conversations the three men had made are collected the next course of action will be taken. Earlier there were reports that politicians believed to have had links with Gobi may face arrest based on the findings of the investigations by the police Terrorist Investigations Department (TID). Meanwhile the police spokesman said that 19 of the suspects arrested last week during investigations into alleged attempts by the LTTE to regroup in the north have been released. He said that among those released are the mothers of Gobi, and Appan. However another 41 suspects are still in TID custody. (Colombo Gazette) |