A retired Major General and a Sergeant Major who were involved in an organized racket of sending retired military personnel as mercenaries to Russia have been arrested by the officers of the Trade, Smuggling and Maritime Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday (8) night.
Information from the Criminal Investigation Department stated that the Major General called Prasanna Ranawaka was an Army division Commander who retired from military service in 2022 and the Sergeant Major was a person named Sarath Wijesinghe.
Following a long investigation by the CID regarding this racket, the Major General and the Sergeant Major have been arrested.
These two suspects are residents of Kurunegala.
It is alleged that more than 500 retired military personnel have been sent to Russia as mercenaries and they have been promised high salaries and even citizenship in Russia, in some instances.
Investigations have now revealed that retired soldiers from this country have been taken and sold to the mercenary army after promising them jobs in Russian military camps.
Information has surfaced that six Sri Lankan’s have died and more than 25 people have been injured due to the Ukrainian attacks.
(dailynews.lk)
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