Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on April 22, 2026 – 4:10 pm
Suresh Sallay
Colombo Fort Justice of the Peace Isuru Neththikumara as we speak (April 22) ordered that the detention order in opposition to former State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief and retired Main Common Suresh Sallay stay in impact over the Easter Sunday bomb assaults investigation.
Sallay was produced earlier than the Fort Justice of the Peace’s Court docket by the Felony Investigation Division (CID) in reference to the continuing probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror assaults, which killed at the least 269 individuals.
Counsel Asith Siriwardena, showing for the suspect, instructed courtroom that Sallay, named because the third suspect, wished to make an announcement earlier than the Justice of the Peace concerning the incident.
The Justice of the Peace stated that beneath courtroom process, a suspect who seeks permission to make an announcement is given an affordable interval to think about the matter.
Accordingly, the Justice of the Peace granted Sallay one month to resolve whether or not he intends to make such an announcement.
The courtroom additional ordered that or not it’s knowledgeable of his determination on Could 20, 2026, and that he be produced in open courtroom on that date.
Suresh Sallay was arrested in Peliyagoda on February 25, 2026, on expenses of aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday terror assaults carried out on April 21, 2019.
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