Sri Lanka, Aug. 15 -- The Anuradhapura Acting Magistrate, Chandana Weerakoon, today ordered a private telecom company to provide a telephone analysis report.

The order seeks to identify the individual who, claiming to be a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), called the police to demand the release of the suspects.

The phone calls were made to officers from the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Anuradhapura Police Headquarters during a raid.

The police made a formal request to the court, asking for an order to obtain specific information about the individual who made the calls.

This morning, the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate, Nalaka Sanjeewa Jayasuriya, ordered that the seven suspects, including the woman said to be the wife of a DIG, ...