Sri Lanka, March 11 -- An open warrant has been issued against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon by the Matara Magistrate's Court, upon the request of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said Ada Derana reporter.

The CID informed the Matara Magistrate's Court today that a total of ten suspicious locations across the island had been inspected, and intelligence officers had been deployed to eighteen other locations in an effort to arrest the former IGP.

On March 10, former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon filed a writ petition with the Court of Appeal, seeking an order to prevent his arrest.

The petition, filed through his legal representatives, requested that an interim injunction be issued to stay the arres...