Sri Lanka Arrests Top Policeman Over 'Plot to Kill President'

Nalaka De Silva, a senior police officer in Sri Lanka, was arrested on Thursday as a suspect for plotting to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena. After five days of questioning the officer, he was further accused for plotting to assassinate the president, other senior officers, and a former defense secretary. He was arrested after a police informant made the report in a news conference, and will be detained until November 7th. This caused a slight tension between India and Sri Lanka because just before the allegations, one of the newspapers in India reported that President Sirisena accused India's intelligence services of involvement. However, both nations denied this claim. Investigators are looking into the deleted information on the suspect's Huawei phone by contacting the Huawei company in China since the court granted permission for this action. But a spokesperson from Huawei claimed that they did not receive any requests from Sri Lanka.

-Sangay Chhoki

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