COLOMBO, June 5 -- The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court on Thursday (10) fixed June 10 to deliver its ruling on competing applications concerning the physical and mental health of former State Intelligence Service chief retired Major General Suresh Sallay, who is being held under a Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) detention order in connection with investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

The matter was taken up before Magistrate Pasan Amarasena after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Sallay's legal team made separate submissions regarding his medical condition and detention circumstances.

Additional Solicitor General Dileep Peiris, appearing for the CID, requested the court to appoint an independent medical boa...