COLOMBO : The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has spread its search network for the All Ceylon Makkal Congress leader and opposition Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen to the Eastern Province, after they failed to arrest him for the fourth consecutive day.
CID teams visited Bathiudeen’s close associates’ houses in the Pottuvil, Ampara, Sammanthurai, Ninthavur and Kalmunai areas in search of the ACMC leader, after the failure of attempts to track him in Colombo, Puttalam and Mannar.
The teams also visited the Ampara residence of ACMC Parliamentarian S.M.M. Musharaff. The CID teams visited some of the locations in civvies looking for the MP.
Six separate teams have been appointed to arrest Bathiudeen who was wanted in connection with a probe on charges of spending state funds to transport displaced people for voting in the Mannar district during the 2019 Presidential election.
A CID team has also visited Bathiudeen’s Colombo residence several times and also recorded a statement from his wife.