Suspects further remanded
Eight suspects, including four navy personnel, two Ceylon Petroleum Corporation employees and two fuel filling station owners, who were allegedly involved in selling diesel valued at Rs.21.9 million belonging to the Navy to private filling stations were further remanded, till December 8, by the Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday.
Kotahena Police informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi that the four suspects who were in detention for their alleged involvement in the bomb attack targetting the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Pittala Junction, Dharmapala Mawatha, Kollupitiya on December 1, 2006 were also involved in similar incidents.