MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s accountant, Alagarathnam Manoranjan has been arrested by a team of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers in Kirulapone.
Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said that Manoranjan is among three suspects, including MP Bathiudeen, ordered to be arrested by the Attorney General.
He further said that a Police Constable in MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s security detail has also been arrested for aiding the MP to evade arrest.
The CID officials had also seized two vehicles used by MP Bathiudeen and two weapons, SDIG Rohana added.
Meanwhile, six teams from the CID are currently looking for MP Rishad Bathiudeen, following the Attorney General’s directive to the police to arrest him.
“6 police teams are looking for him since yesterday afternoon. He is not at home. We hope we should be able to arrest him soon,” a Senior Police officer told NewsWire.
The Attorney General directed the Acting IGP to arrest MP Rishad Bathuideen on charges of Criminal Misappropriation of Public Funds and Violation of Election Laws.
The Former Minister is accused of transporting internally displaced persons(IDP) from Puttalam to Mannar in 222 CTB buses to vote at the 2019 Presidential Election.
Alagarathnam Manoranjan, who was arrested today, reportedly served as Bathiudeen’s accountant in charge of the project to transport the IDPs during the election. (NewsWire)