702 Lankans allegedly linked to ISIS says TID

The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) yesterday informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that investigations are being carried out into 702 Sri Lankans who were found to having links with a powerful ISIS member arrested in India through his cell phone.

When the complaint was taken before Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandima Liyanage, the TID informed an IS member had been arrested in India and a search of his mobile phone “WhatsApp” account has revealed information about 702 Sri Lankans.

The Terrorism Investigation Division said that further investigations were carried out based on this information and that one of the suspects has been arrested.

The TID had informed the court that investigations were being carried out on other Sri Lankans who had links with the suspect.