A Tamil civilian Subramanian Siva Kumar was arrested by the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) in Colombo, according to the Director of the TID. He told media persons in Colombo Thursday evening that the suspect has been identified as a hardcore cadre of the LTTE.
Meanwhile, a team of officials from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been posted to the Katunayake International Airport (KIA) to check on politicians and their supporters leaving the country.
The CID team is headed a Senior Superintendent of Police They said that Immigration officials have been instructed to alert the CID whenever a politician or their supporters arrive in KIA to leave the country.
A list of names has been submitted to the immigration officials.
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