{"id":45985,"date":"2015-07-21T20:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=45985"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T19:46:59","slug":"upfa-claims-white-van-threat-to-mahinda-gotabaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/07\/21\/upfa-claims-white-van-threat-to-mahinda-gotabaya\/","title":{"rendered":"UPFA claims \u2018white van\u2019 threat to Mahinda, Gotabaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) claims that the recent arrest of three army personnel in a white-coloured van in Mirihana, can be considered as a threat to the security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n<p>Former Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris stated that Mirihana Police last night arrested a white-coloured van with fake number plates suspiciously roaming around in Mirihana, where the former President and his brother are currently residing at.<\/p>\n<p>Their intentions should be uncovered through a special investigation immediately, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the IGP and Defence Secretary to investigate the matter without delay and to ensure the safety of the former President and the former Defence Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>The Military Police have launched an investigation in connection with the three army personnel who were arrested by the police.<\/p>\n<p>If proven guilty, these army personnel will face a punishment under the terms of the Sri Lanka Army Act, irrespective of their posts,\u201d the Defence Ministry said in a statement today (21).<\/p>\n<p>The police on Monday arrested the armed army soldiers in civvies who were travelling in the white-coloured van claiming to be attached to the personal security squad of a Major General.<\/p>\n<h1>Three army personnel arrested with firearm<\/h1>\n<p class=\"newsDateStamp\">July 21, 2015\u00a0\u00a003:03 pm<\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmarkIcon\"><a class=\"addthis_button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=xa-4b1f21d458e9815c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfbRSyBfDPY?rel=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsContent\">\nThe suspects were arrested by a patrolling team attached to the Mirihana police last evening at around 7.30 p.m. police Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told Ada Derana.<br \/>\nThe arrested soldiers have been identified as personnel attached to the personal security squad of a Major General, Gunasekara added.<br \/>\nThe officials have also seized a firearm from the possession of the suspects. During the preliminary interrogation, it has come to light that these soldiers are attached to the Major General\u2019s personal security detail,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Spokesperson said that a request has also been made for the Military police to produce a report concerning the firearm and ownership of the vehicle.<br \/>\nThe suspects will be produced before the Magistrate unless the report is produced by this afternoon, the Spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adaderana The United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) claims that the recent arrest of three army personnel in a white-coloured van in Mirihana, can be considered as a threat to the security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Former Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris stated that Mirihana Police last night arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45985","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=45985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}