COLOMBO, Oct. 6 -- A medical team at the Colombo National Hospital, including the hospital's Director, has recommended that former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay be discharged from hospital and returned to the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Attorney General's Department informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (6).

Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, appearing for the Attorney General, told Magistrate Pasan Amarasena that arrangements had been made to return Sallay to CID custody following the medical team's recommendation.

Sallay was discharged from the Colombo National Hospital and taken back into CID custody later in the afternoon.

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