Sri Lanka, March 7 -- Midigama, March 7 () - A police sergeant assigned to the Matara Division Crime Investigation Unit has been arrested for his involvement in aiding and abetting the failed escape attempt of organized criminal Nandun Chinthaka alias 'Harak Kata' from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The 36-year-old sergeant, a resident of Ahangama, was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID).

The IGP handed over the investigations into the escape attempt by 'Harak Kata' to the TID.

Accordingly, during the investigations carried out through telephone data, police recovered a motorcycle and a safety helmet brought to the CID to aid Harak Kata's escape attempt.

It was revealed that a person called 'Sudda' was...