Colombo, February 8
Sri Lanka’s defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka was tonight arrested by the military police, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa.
A close aide of the former Army chief, who is credited with the annihilation of the LTTE, said Fonseka and one of his associate were taken into custody while they were at work in their office in the capital.
He said Fonseka and his media secretary Senaka de Silva were arrested by the military police. The aide told PTI that Fonseka and de Silva were “told in clear terms to cooperate with the military police”.
“I heared one of the officers telling Fonseka that he is being charged for criminal conspiracy,” he said.
— PTI
