The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Gerard Pushparaja Osman Gerard, a wanted suspect believed to be closely related to the person who coordinated the dispatch of four alleged ISIS terrorists from Sri Lanka to India, where they were subsequently arrested.
Previously, the CID had announced a reward of Rs. 2 million for information leading to Gerard's arrest.
The suspect was apprehended in a joint operation conducted by the police in Colombo.
Sri Lankan security forces suspect that the 46-year-old acted as a handler for the four Sri Lankan nationals arrested at Ahmedabad airport in India last week for suspected links to the banned Islamic State (ISIS) organization.
On May 19, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested four Sri Lankans with ISIS links at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport in Ahmedabad. The ATS also seized three pistols and cartridges abandoned at a location in Ahmedabad based on geo-coordinates and confiscated a mobile phone from the suspects.
