Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- Colombo Additional Magistrate H.D.D.J. Premaratne yesterday ordered several telephone companies to provide the Kelaniya Criminal Division with call records related to the mobile phones used by organised crime figure and drug trafficker Dinesh Nishantha Kumara, alias 'Gampaha Baba'.

'Gampaha Baba', who was recently arrested in Nepal and brought back to Sri Lanka, is currently being detained and questioned by police. The Magistrate issued the directive after considering a request made by the Police Criminal Division of Kelaniya, which submitted a further report on the investigation.

Police informed the court that preliminary questioning had revealed that the suspect was involved in supplying firearms for murders, in ...