Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court yesterday rejected a motion filed by former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The court cited a date-related discrepancy in the submitted document as the ground for rejection.
During yesterday's proceedings, Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, representing the Attorney General, clarified that former President Rajapaksa has not been named as a suspect in the Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) ongoing probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. The ASG noted that because he is not currently an accused party, a request to temporarily lift his travel ban could be considered on humanitarian grounds....