Sri Lanka, April 26 -- Says did not speak with Cardinal after Commission report was submitted to him: Then CID Director was transferred by the Police Commission:

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a statement yesterday rejected the allegations made by Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith against him at an event held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks.

The former President said that he had not spoken with the Cardinal over the phone after the Presidential Commission report was submitted to him.

"I categorically state that I did not speak to the Cardinal over the phone after the Presidential Commission report was submitted to me. Rajapaksa said he has never told Cardinal that the recommendations of the ...