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Former Public Security Minister Tiran Alles yesterday appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to record a statement in connection with a shooting incident in 2023.
Accordingly, he left the CID after recording a statement for nearly six hours, in connection with the death of a Police Sergeant from the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) during a shooting incident near a hotel in Weligama.
The suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Thennakoon is already under remand custody till 3 April over the incident.
Thennakoon was accused of orchestrating the shooting involving CCD officers, Weligama Police, and the Special Task Force (STF).
