April 24
The Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday has levelled serious charges against India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of plotting his assassination.
As per a report published on The Hindu, At the weekly Cabinet meeting, Mr. Sirisena told Ministers that the Indian intelligence agency was “trying to kill” him.
The claims of the President Sirisena’s comes days before Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s scheduled visit to New Delhi and discuss bilateral matters, including key, India-assisted projects on the island.
This is not the first time a Sri Lankan leader has accused the Indian agency of interference. Following his poll defeat in 2015, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa held RAW among those responsible for the change in regime.
The CID interrogated one individual namely Namal Kumara last month and the police subsequently arrested an Indian national late in September. Local media reported that the Indian, identified as M. Thomas hailing from Kerala, claimed he knew of the plot.
At Tuesday’s meeting the Sri Lankan president reportedly said “the Indian national must be a RAW agent trying to kill me. The Indian PM may not be aware. That is often the case. Trump may not be aware of CIA’s similar moves.”
(The report was published in Hindu on the 16th of October in 2018)