The CID is recording a statement from Avant Garde Maritime Services Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi over a complaint made by three Cabinet Ministers.

Ministers Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Patali Champika Ranawaka and Arjuna Ranatunga wrote a joint letter to the IGP on November 24, saying that Senadhipathi has made allegedly defamatory statements to a newspaper during a recent interview. Accordingly, Senadhipathi had claimed that the three ministers were opposed to the Avant Garde Company because he had refused to pay them bribes.

The three ministers denied this allegation, adding that their opposition was due to national interest and adherence to the good governance mandate.