Six CID teams deployed to arrest Rishad Bathiudeen

Six teams from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) were deployed to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen following the Attorney General’s directive to the police to arrest and produce him before courts, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Attorney General directed the Acting IGP to arrest MP Bathiudeen and produce him before courts for Criminal Misappropriation of Public Funds and Violation of Election Laws in 2019.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate said there was no need to obtain arrest warrants over such charges.