Sri Lanka, Dec. 5 -- The suspect arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate President Gotabaya Rajapaksa or his family has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for onward investigations.

Katunayake Police has handed over the suspect to the CID last evening (04).

The Crimes Division of the Katunayake Police recently received a tip-off on an assassination plot targeting the President or his family members.

Acting on the tip-off, the officers at Katunayake Police arrested 4 youths boarded in a hostel in the Amandoluwa area in Seeduwa.

Preliminary investigations revealed that a 26-year-old male among the arrestees had allegedly conspired on the assassination.

The Valachchenai resident has allegedly informed t...