President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters this afternoon (20) and received their blessings.
The President first visited the Malwathu Maha Viharaya, where he met with the Chief Prelate of the Malwathu Chapter, the Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Thero. During the meeting, the President inquired about the Thero’s well-being and engaged in a brief discussion.
Discussions included the current political situation and the President’s recent visit to India.
The Malwathu Maha Nayaka Thero, along with the Sangha, chanted Seth Pirith and extended their blessings.
Subsequently, the President visited the Asgiri Maha Viharaya, where he met with the Chief Prelate of the Asgiri Chapter, the Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero, and received his blessings.
Deputy Chief Prelate of the Asgiri Chapter, Venerable Anamaduwe Dhammadassi Thero, Deputy Secretary Venerable Narampanawa Ananda Thero, and Chief Incumbent of the Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya, Venerable Muruddeniye Dhammarathana Thero, were also present at the occasion. The Maha Sangha chanted Seth Pirith and offered their good wishes for the President’s future endeavours.
Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways, Dr. Prasanna Gunasekera, and Member of Parliament Thanura Dissanayake also accompanied the President on this visit.
Assets of two prominent police officers are to be probed after authorities received a number of complaints, highly placed sources in the government say.
One officer in question is a DIG while the other is a SSP, reports add.
The Police Illegal Assets And Property Investigation Division are conducting further investigations.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has opened a probe following a complaint by Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe that his staff have been unduly targeted by false allegations on social media.
The AG’s instruction to the CID came after several of his staff complained to him over the allegation on social media.
Particularly targeted are senior AG’s Department officials awaiting promotions, sources said.
In one of the posts, a senior officer was accused of being supportive of granting bail to Thamil Makkal Viduthal Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillaiyan, when his fundamental rights application over his arrest was taken up. During the hearing of the FR case, the matter of bail was not even considered, the sources said.
Another allegation was that in a case related to the suspended Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon, the AG prevented a senior officer from representing the department and instead sent a junior officer. However, on the particular day, the senior officer was indisposed, the sources said.
These allegations surface as the AG’s Department has filed more than 600 new indictments in High Courts so far this year, while the Bribery Commission has also referred several bribery and corruption cases to the AG for prosecution.
(sundaytimes.lk) (This story, originally published by sundaytimes.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)