CID grills former Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka recorded a statement from former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday over the incidents at Kollupitiya and Galle Face Green on May 9.

Police said the CID recorded a nearly three-hour long statement from the former Prime Minister last evening at his residence in Colombo, reports Daily Mirror.

Earlier, the CID recorded several statements from former ministers including Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Namal Rajapaksa over the incident.