Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on April 6, 2026 – 5:47 pm

Suresh Sallay
Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief retired Main Basic Suresh Sallay has filed a writ petition within the Court docket of Attraction difficult his arrest and detention below the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) over the Easter Sunday assaults investigation.
By his attorneys, Sallay has requested the Court docket of Attraction to overview the actions taken by the Prison Investigation Division (CID) in arresting and detaining him below the PTA.
He’s at present being held by the CID for questioning in reference to a particular investigation into the Easter Sunday terrorist assaults, which occurred on April 21, 2019.
The petition names a number of respondents, together with Inspector Basic of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya, CID Director Shani Abeysekara, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Safety Ravi Seneviratne, Father Rohan Silva, and the Lawyer Basic, amongst others.

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