Samagi jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ashok Abeysinghe will not appear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today to give a statement on his controversial remarks over the Easter Sunday attacks, police sources said.

Abeysinghe had informed the CID that he was unable to appear befire the CID due to his commitments in Parliament today. The MP, therefore, had requested another day to give a statement on his remarks.

Addressing a meeting, Abeysinghe recently said it was President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa were behind the Easter Sunday attacks and Nissanka Senadhipathy sponsored the terror attacks.

Six SLPP MPs have lodged a police complaint requesting an investigation into this statement. Senadhipathy has also lodged a separate investigation into the investigation.