Lankan male arrested for bribing military to recover blast suspect

The 26-year-old suspect, Mohammed Shifan, had offering Rs 500,000 as a cheat to a Officer in Charge (OIC) during a Horowpothana Police station

Lankan male arrested for bribing military to recover blast suspect

Colombo: A Sri Lankan male was arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to cheat a military officer to obtain bail for an Islamic nonconformist hold in tie with a Easter Sunday apprehension attacks.

The 26-year-old suspect, Mohammed Shifan, had offering Rs 500,000 as a cheat to a Officer in Charge (OIC) during a Horowpothana Police hire to giveaway a member of a National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), a Islamist organisation blamed for a Apr 21 bombings on 3 churches and 3 hotels here, a Colombo Page reported.

Shifan is pronounced to be a tighten confederate of a NTJ member, Abdul Majeed Mohamed Niyaz, who was arrested on Apr 28 and was remanded until May 14. Niyaz is pronounced to have been directly concerned in a explosve conflict on Shangri-La hotel on Easter Sunday.

Shifan was prepared to compensate Rs 250,000 as an allege to secure a recover of a NTJ member.

The military officer had sensitive a Bribery Commission and Shifan was arrested while he was handing over a money to a officer in his office.

Nine self-murder bombers carried out a array of harmful blasts that tore by 3 churches and 3 oppulance hotels on a Easter Sunday, murdering some-more than 250 people.

Dozens of people related with a NTJ have been arrested following a blasts.

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