Sri Lanka, Aug. 17 -- Acting IGP Chandana Wickramaratne has referred to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) the complaints received about the validity and legality of a Sri Lankan passport obtained by SLPP presidential nominee Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Daily News learns. The Acting IGP is understood to have asked the CCD to examine the two complaints made by prominent civil society activists to see if there is sufficient evidence to warrant a full-fledged police criminal investigation.

The two formal complaints made to the Police are by famous painter and democracy activist Professor Chandragupta Thenuwara and democracy activist and Convenor of the Purawesi Balaya (Citizens' Power) movement, Gamini Viyangoda. Their complaints referred to a p...