Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan has been summoned to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) tomorrow (12) to provide a statement regarding allegations made in a recent Channel 4 documentary about the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka.

At a press conference today (11), Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa confirmed that the CID has launched an investigation following a complaint filed with the Ministry of Public Security. The complaint concerns claims made by Hanzeer Azad Maulana who was the media secretary of Chandrakanthan in the Channel 4 documentary on the 2019 Easter attacks, which targeted Catholic churches and luxury hotels, resulting in over 260 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

According to the Police Spokesperson, the CID is now probing controversial statements made by several individuals featured in the documentary, which aired on 6 September 2023.

The Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ investigation, titled “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings,” presents serious allegations based on testimonies from whistleblowers, including former associates of government officials, who imply that senior government figures may have been complicit in the attacks.