Sri Lanka: Days after change of govt, top detective flees citing 'death threats'

The Daily Mirror newspaper said Silva left after receiving death threats after Gotabaya Rajapaksa won a presidential election on November 16. His investigations included high-profile killings and corruption involving administration members under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, brother of the new president, who ruled for a decade until 2015. Mahinda Rajapaksa has returned to power as prime minister after leading his younger brother's successful election campaign. Police said there was no pending disciplinary action against Silva, but an inquiry will be initiated to find out how he left the country without permission. Silva was removed from his CID post last year after Mahinda Rajapaksa briefly served as prime minister. But he was restored after that administration collapsed. Among the cases he was investigating was the 2009 assassination of editor Lasantha Wickrematunge by an alleged hit squad. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://justpaste.it/4bcjp