Search MR’S house for Rajitha: Anura tells CID

National Peoples’ Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday if the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was unable to locate former minister Rajitha Senaratne, the CID should first search Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s residence. He told a news conference that the CID’S failure to arrest Mr. Senaratne proves that there was some intervention of the government in this matter. “We feel sorry about the CID if they are unable to

Says CID’S failure to arrest Mr. Senaratne proves that there was some intervention of the government in this matter

Some politicians like ministers and state ministers are suddenly released from cases while some others are suddenly arrested

locate Rajitha. I think they should first search the Prime Minister’s house. There is a travel ban on Rajitha. The CID can trace Rajitha’s whereabouts. If someone like Rajitha can be in a hideout, it means there is some intervention of the government in this matter,’ he said.

When asked about opposition claims that there was political witch-hunt against opposition MPS Mr. Dissanayake said there was some politics involved in this matter rather than calling it a political witch-hunt.

“Some politicians like ministers and state ministers are suddenly released from cases while some others are suddenly arrested. Cases of some others are put off for several years. It is clear that there is some politics behind this,” he said.