The police have found a safe house of the National Thowheed Jamath organization has in Kattankudy and arrested a suspect who is said to be in charge of the house. It has been revealed that he participated in the training program of the organization in Nuwara Eliya.
The investigations have also revealed that the terrorist identified as Mohammed Rilvan, who exploded a suicide bomb during the raid in Saindamarudu area has videoed the vicinity of the area by using a drone camera from the safe house.
Meanwhile, during surprise cordon search operations in general areas of Kattankudy town and Kulawadi on Saturday, Army troops found 1 Micro Pistol with filled magazine including 6 rounds, 1 sword, 1 hand axe, 2 Nokia Walkie-Talkies with connector chargers, 1 hand grenade, 1 T-56 ammo, 2 AC power supply units, 3 hard disks, 10 compact disks and a stock of warlike items. Batticaloa Police have taken a few suspects into custody along with the life-threatening items.
In a search operation conducted in Ratmalana area, a suspect has been taken into custody with the possession of high technology equipment. The raid was carried out on an information received by the organized crime detection unit of the special task force.
It has been reported that Saudi Arabia has arrested Maulana Rila, brother-in-law of the Islamic State inspired Shangri-La hotel bomber Zahran Hashim, and a colleague of his, named Shahnawaj, last week based on the information from Indian intelligence.
Courtesy: Colombo Page
