{"id":101983,"date":"2020-05-06T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=101983"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:23:37","slug":"probe-into-ngo-headed-by-lawyer-in-custody-easter-sunday-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/05\/06\/probe-into-ngo-headed-by-lawyer-in-custody-easter-sunday-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe into NGO headed by lawyer in custody Easter Sunday carnage:"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By Norman Palihawadane Courtesy The Island<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.island.lk\/modules\/modPublication\/article_title_images\/2219977503pli.jpg\" alt=\"article_image\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Inspector General of Police has ordered the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) to conduct a thorough investigation into the Non-Governmental Organisation, headed by lawyer\u00a0Ejaaz Hizbullah,\u00a0who is in the custody of the\u00a0CID, as a suspect in\u00a0connection with\u00a0the Easter Sunday attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation into the NGO was ordered since\u00a0it\u00a0had been largely funded by two\u00a0of the\u00a0suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, on 21 April 2019, Police headquarters sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been revealed that the head office of the NGO is located in a building, purchased by the bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CID has received several reports that Mohammed\u00a0 Zahran Hashim, who planned the suicide attacks, on Easter Sunday,\u00a0last year,\u00a0had\u00a0visited the building. The CID is conducting an investigation into the incident. The TID has been assigned to investigate the activities of the NGO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations have revealed that about six million rupees was credited to this NGO&#8217;s account, annually, and the NGO has spent a similar amount yearly. The account now has less than Rs. 20,000 and the cash flow, to the account, has ceased after the Easter Sunday attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators have also raised suspicions whether those involved in the Easter Sunday attacks also deposited the money in the NGO\u2019s account, since the deposits made to the account ceased abruptly, after the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been revealed that the Madrasa School, in Madurankuliya, was also started by the NGO, under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations have revealed that the orphans were enrolled in the Madrassa school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior CID officer said the orphaned children had been given jungle combat training and the CID had raided the training centre, in Wanathavilluwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CID investigations have revealed that several politicians have worked closely with this NGO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Norman Palihawadane Courtesy The Island Acting Inspector General of Police has ordered the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) to conduct a thorough investigation into the Non-Governmental Organisation, headed by lawyer\u00a0Ejaaz Hizbullah,\u00a0who is in the custody of the\u00a0CID, as a suspect in\u00a0connection with\u00a0the Easter Sunday attacks. The investigation into the NGO was ordered since\u00a0it\u00a0had been largely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}