{"id":107242,"date":"2020-10-03T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T22:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=107242"},"modified":"2020-10-03T15:31:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T22:31:23","slug":"cardinal-raises-concerns-about-cid-releasing-rishads-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/10\/03\/cardinal-raises-concerns-about-cid-releasing-rishads-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal raises concerns about CID releasing Rishad\u2019s brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has raised concerns over the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) releasing Riyaj Bathiudeen, the brother of MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who was detained over the alleged links to the Easter Sunday terror attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0daf\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJKariaBoLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last few days, it was observed that the suspects, whose actions were investigated over the allegations pertaining to the Easter Sunday bombings, were released from custody the CID, he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a special media briefing held this morning (03) at the Archbishop\u2019s House in Colombo, the Cardinal said it is doubtful whether a political deal\u201d is behind the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surprised and saddened by the CID\u2019s conduct, he urged the authorities to properly carry out the investigations in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cardinal also referred to a statement made by Police Spokesperson SSP Jaliya Senaratne, in which he said that investigations into the carnage have revealed that the parliamentarian\u2019s brother has had maintained direct links with the bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking further, the Cardinal pointed out that the police spokesperson\u2019s statement and the CID\u2019s move are in complete contradiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SSP Senaratne in a recent media briefing announced that Riyaj Bathiudeen was released due to lack of evidence\u201d to file a case against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has raised concerns over the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) releasing Riyaj Bathiudeen, the brother of MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who was detained over the alleged links to the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Over the last few days, it was observed that the suspects, whose actions were investigated over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107242","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=107242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}