Sri Lanka, Jan. 3 -- The Mannar Magistrate's Court has granted permission to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to detain and interrogate the main suspect for a period of 90 days in connection with last year's shooting incident in front of the Mannar Magistrate's Court.

The investigation was handed over to the CID following suspicions that the suspect may have been involved in a previous shooting incident in the Adampan area, Ada Derana reporter said.

Accordingly, the suspect was initially detained for 72 hours at the CID Headquarters in Colombo under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

As the initial detention period was due to expire yesterday (02) at 1:00 p.m., the suspect was produced before the Mannar...