Sri Lanka, March 5 -- A retired officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has filed a Fundamental Rights petition challenging the 90-day detention order on arrested former head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

The Minister of Defence, the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have been named as respondents in the petition, Ada Derana reporter said.

The petitioner stated that the Prevention of Terrorism Act can only be applied against individuals involved in actions aimed at undermining the country's unity and territor...