HANSI NANAYAKKARA Courtesy Ceylon Today

Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Dileepa Peiris informed Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka today (9) that underworld kingpin Makandure Madush, who is currently detained by the Bur Dubai Police, is to be deported to Colombo during the course of this week.

He was representing the Attorney General when the case against imprisoned former Deputy Inspector General of Police Nalaka de Silva was taken up for hearing at the Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate’s Court today.

Nalaka de Silva is a suspect in the alleged plot to assassinate the President and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Magistrate Dissanayaka ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to submit the evidence related to the case when it is next taken up for hearing on 23 April.

The Court also announced that at the next hearing it will be decided on whether to enlarge the suspect de Silva on bail or not.

Magistrate Dissanayaka also ordered the CID to provide security to the Operations Director of Anti-Corruption Force, Namal Kumara, who spilled the beans regarding the alleged assassination plot, under the provisions of the Assistance to and Protection of Witnesses and Victims of Crime Act