Colombo, Feb. 25 -- Sri Lanka's former State Intelligence Services (SIS) Chief, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, The Daily Mirror Online reported.

According to The Daily Mirror Online, Police Spokesman ASP FU Wootler confirmed that Sallay was taken into custody early this morning in Peliyagoda by a team of officers from the country's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

On April 21, 2019, eight explosions rattled the Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Negombo, Kochchikede and Batticaloa as the Christian community celebrated Easter Sunday.

The attacks targeted three churches and three luxury hotels in almost simultaneous suicide bombings, killing 27...