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Ex-Sri Lankan MP arrested in fake passport case

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2 months ago

February 14, 2025

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A former member of the Sri Lankan parliament from a leading Tamil party was arrested by the ‘Q Branch’ of the Tamil Nadu Police for allegedly obtaining an Indian passport using fake address proof documents, Indian media reported.

Kulasingam Dhileeban, a former MP belonging to Sri Lanka’s Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), has now been lodged in Puzhal Central Prison in Tamil Nadu, the report said.

The arrest is linked to the 2019 case against some Sri Lankan nationals who allegedly submitted fake address proofs to obtain Indian passports from the Madurai Passport Office. As part of the investigation, a lookout notice was issued against Dhileeban at all airports.

When he landed at Cochin International Airport on February 11, Indian immigration officials apprehend him and handed him over to the Madurai ‘Q Branch’ police, according to DT Next.

The fake passport case had hit the headlines in 2019 after it emerged that as many as 60 Sri Lankans staying in one street managed to get Indian passports.

The then assistant commissioner (intelligence) of Madurai city police was charge sheeted in connection with the case.

Source: DTNEXT

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“Reports of Wijepala – Nissanka meeting, fake”

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9 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Public Security Ministry has denied media reports claiming that the Public Security minister – Ananda Wijepala had met Nissanka Senadhipathi.

The Minister’s media secretary had clarified this in a letter to Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasuriya.
Adding that the neither the Minister or a representative had ever met Senadhipathi as claimed, the letter calls for proper investigations into the fake news and legal action against those responsible.

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Special allowance for policemen on duty at ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’

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13 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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A special transport allowance and a combined allowance will be provided to police personnel assigned to ensure the safety of devotees attending the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Siri Dalada Vandanawa) in Kandy, the police said.

The measure has been taken over the instructions of the Acting IGP, in consideration of the fact that these police personnel will be on continuous day and night duty for over 10 days, away from their regular stations and incurring additional personal expenses.

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Ravi K’s Bill to repeal Online Safety Act, gazetted

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13 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Bill to repeal the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024, and other regulations concerning the Act, has been gazetted.

The Online Safety Bill was passed by a majority vote in Parliament on Jan. 24, 2024.

The Bill that has been gazetted was submitted by opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.

On Feb. 28, 2025, MP Karunanayake submitted a private member’s Bill to the Parliament Secretary-General, aiming to repeal the controversial Online Safety Act.