{"id":9446,"date":"2021-04-24T14:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2021-04-24T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:21:47","slug":"sri-lanka-arrests-muslim-leader-over-easter-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/24\/sri-lanka-arrests-muslim-leader-over-easter-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka arrests Muslim leader over Easter attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"cw\" align=\"left\">\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s police arrested a top Muslim legislator Saturday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people, as pressure mounted to speed up the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives took Rishad Bathiudeen, leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Party (ACMP) and a former minister, into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), police spokesperson Ajith Rohana said.<\/p>\n<p><img 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1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bathiudeen and his brother Riyaaj were arrested in pre-dawn raids on their homes in Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were arrested under the PTA based on circumstantial and scientific evidence that they had connections with the suicide bombers who carried out the attacks,\u201d Rohana said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer representing the brothers said a presidential inquiry had found no evidence linking them to the bombers and the arrests were a political vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrests are politically motivated,\u201d lawyer Rushdhie Habeeb said in a statement, which highlighted how the ACMP had opposed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests came three days after the head of Sri Lanka\u2019s Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, accused the government of allowing investigations to stall.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 people were arrested within days of the suicide attacks on hotels and churches by local Islamist extremists, but no one has been charged.<\/p>\n<p>Ranjith, who led commemorations on the second anniversary of the Easter attacks on Wednesday, said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the lack of progress in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He renewed his call for swift action against the perpetrators and said \u201cpolitical posturing and the need to safeguard alliances\u201d was hindering the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Bathiudeen\u2019s party is a member of an opposition coalition, but three of his legislators defected to the government in October to amend the constitution and give Rajapaksa wider powers over the judiciary and legislature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 desk\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s police arrested a top Muslim legislator Saturday in connection with the 2019 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