Srilanka, July 17 -- President's Counsel Sanjeewa Jayawardena today (17) told the Court of Appeal that the State Intelligence Service (SIS) had forwarded a list of 129 individuals, including Easter Sunday suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, who were allegedly influenced by ISIS ideology, to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in January 2019, but the then senior CID officials had failed to take appropriate action.



The submissions were made when the Court of Appeal resumed hearing the writ petition filed by former head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay challenging his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday t...