Sri Lanka, March 1 -- The Matara Magistrate's Court has imposed an overseas travel ban on former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon.

This directive was issued today following a request made by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

The request comes following reports that although the investigating officers had searched the residences of Deshabandu Tennakoon located at Hokandara and Giriulla, they had failed to find him at those homes.

The Matara Magistrate's Court yesterday ordered the arrest of 8 persons including former officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) and the former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, and to name them as suspects in the shooting incident that took place in front of the W15 Hotel in the Pelena area of Weligama, Mata...