Parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana Thera today visited the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to make a requested with regard to the investigation into the institution referred to as "Shariah University" in Batticaloa.

Rathana Thera requested the police authorities to conduct the investigation in an expeditious manner.

The institution sparked a controversy in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks.

A parliamentary committee probing the matter has already recommended action against former Eastern Province Chief Minister M.L.A.M. Hizbullah over a number of irregularities that took place during the construction of the institution.

Hizbullah has now pledged allegiance to the current administration.