SC Rejects Challenge to Suresh Sallay’s Arrest After Petitioner Seeks Withdrawal

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COLOMBO (News 1st); A Fundamental Rights petition filed by retired Air Force officer Shantha Jayathilaka, challenging the arrest and detention of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Suresh Sallay under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks, was dismissed by the Supreme Court today. The order was issued after the…