CDS transferred to Welikada from Magazine Prison

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who was remanded yesterday, was transferred to the Welikada prison from the Magazine Prison on Wednesday night, Prisons Commissioner General Nishan Dhanasinghe said yesterday.

He said the CDS was transferred to the Welikada Prison due to security reasons as there were possible threats from LTTE cadres detained at the Magazine Prison.

Meanwhile, a source said that the CDS is reported to have refused to meet any visitors.

The CDS was remanded by Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake till December 5 for allegedly intimidating a witness when he appeared in the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court through his Counsel Anuja Premaratne