Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Maj. Gen. (Retd) Suresh Salley is facing three main allegations in connection with investigations related to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told the Fort Magistrate’s Court.

Presenting a further report to court, the CID said Salley had been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act as a suspect over allegations of misleading investigations into the Vavunathivu police killings and the Sainthamaruthu explosion.

Investigators also alleged that an intelligence informant had been used to show the Katuwapitiya church to Muslim extremists prior to the Easter Sunday attacks.

The CID further told court that Salley had pressured investigators to conduct a third DNA test related to Sara Jasmine, despite two earlier tests failing to confirm her death following the Sainthamaruthu explosion.

Salley’s counsel, however, rejected the allegations, telling court that the former intelligence chief was not in Sri Lanka at the time of the Easter attacks and was in Malaysia.

The case was taken up before Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara, who ordered that further reports be filed and fixed the matter for hearing on March 25. (Newswire)

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