No headings from AG: suspects under PTA further remanded

Somewhere in the range of 32 suspects, who have been kept under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, were further remanded till November 24 since there were no directions still from the AG division, journalist says.

The AG office will document applications at Courts in an offer to look for the arrival of these associates, said the Commissioner General with Prisons.
The suspects with 'bailable offenses' might be discharged, Commissioner Pushpakumara told.



Applications will likewise be petitioned for the arrival of another group of 32 suspects later, Pushpakumara included.

More than 200 Tamil detainees had once more started their appetite strike in a few penitentiaries the nation over yesterday to challenge against being imprisoned for a considerable length of time without trial. Prior, they finished the quick after an affirmation from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be tended to.