Sri Lanka, March 20 -- Former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been remanded until April 3 after being produced before the Matara Magistrate's Court today.

Tennakoon, who had an open warrant issued for his arrest, surrendered to the court yesterday morning accompanied by a group of lawyers after being in hiding for 20 days.

On February 27, the court ordered the arrest of Tennakoon and seven others on charges of conspiring to commit murder in a shooting incident in Weligama on December 31, 2023.

The Court of Appeal recently dismissed Tennakoon's writ petition seeking to prevent the arrest order's execution. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala stated that Tennakoon surrendered when Criminal Investigation Department officers arrived at t...