Hejaaz Hizbullah & Madrasa school principal further remanded
Hejaaz Hizbullah & Madrasa school principal further remanded
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Colombo (News 1st); Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah and Principal of the Wanathawilluwa Puttlam Madrasa School Mohammed Shakeel were further remanded till the 18th of March.
The remand order was made after the duo were produced before Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage on Wednesday (03).
They were earlier arrested under charges of aiding and abetting and having close links with a terrorist involved in the April 21 attacks in 2019.
The Criminal Investigations Department today submitted a confidential report to the court with respect to the investigations.
Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris appearing for the prosecution urged the court to ensure the report is placed in a secure and safe location away from the reach of outside parties, considering the highly sensitive information in contains that also could impact future investigat
Posted on February 18th, 2021
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Attorney at Law Hejaaz Hezbullah and principal of the controversial Madrasa school Mohamed Shakeel have been placed under remand custody until March 03.
The duo was brought before the Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage earlier today (February 18).
Deputy Solicitor General Dileep Peiris told the court that the suspect Hejaaz Hizbullah was involved in extremist teachings at the Al Suharia Madrasa in Karativu, Puttalam. He added that the ‘Save the Pearl’ organization, of which Hizbullah was the chairman, had given full support to the relevant Madarasa school which had taught 56 students.
It was also revealed that 26 of these students have been kept in a separate classroom and given special residential training during the period from 2018 to the 2019 Easter attack.
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