Acting Colombo Fort Magistrate Jayantha Nanayakkara further remanded former Lieutenant Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi (alias Navy Sampath) until October 18, over the disappearance of 11 youths from Colombo.
Filing a further report, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Gang and Robbery Unit OIC Nishantha Silva informed court that they had received information on the vehicle that the accused was alleged to have used in the abductions.
CID officers said that following interrogations, the Navy Commander had submitted a number of documents on the vehicles used by the Navy. After evaluating those documents, it had been revealed that the vehicle had belonged to Navy Sampath in between 2008 and 2009. The vehicle was also under the supervision of former Navy Spokesperson Commodore D.S.K. Senanayake, they added.
The CID said that they had recorded a statement from Commodore Kadhawinna and added that they had received details on certain bank accounts owned by the suspect by five banks. More reports were yet to be received, the CID said.
The Magistrate fixed the next hearing for October 25.
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