Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Nuwan Wedasinghe has been transferred with immediate effect.
He has been appointed as the Acting DIG Western Province (North), while DIG S.P Ranasinghe has been appointed as the new DIG of the CID.
DIG Wedasinghe has been transferred a day after Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith had expressed concerns over the on-going investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks by the CID.
Cardinal Ranjith expressed concerned over the release of MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother Riyaj Bathiudeen few days ago. He charged CID for maintaining a double standards in this particular case.