Sri Lanka, May 20 -- The National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, has responded to accusations related to the Easter Sunday attacks' probe stating that it is no secret that he visited Sivasathurai Chandrakanthan, alias 'Pillayan', while the latter was in prison during the 2018/2019 period.

Rajapaksa made this statement in a post on his 'X' account, after his name was mentioned during today's court proceedings when the progress of investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks was reported to the court by the Attorney General's Department.

Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Suresh Sallay, who is currently being detained by the Criminal Investigation Depa...