A group of CID officers had visited Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa’s Royal Gardens residence in Rajagiriya in search of MP Rishad Bathiudeen.
Issuing a statement Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa stated that the CID had questioned him on whether Bathiudeen had contacted him on the particular day he was to be arrested. However, Premadasa states that despite six Police teams being deployed to arrest Bathiudeen, two days have lapsed but the Police have failed to arrest him.