Case filed against father, two brothers of suicide bombers fixed for March 3

The case filed against millionaire father Mohammed Ibrahim and two brothers of the two suicide bombers, Insaf Ahmed and Illam Ahmed, who carried out suicide bombings at the Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand hotels on Easter Sunday was fixed for March 3 by the Colombo High Court. When the case was taken up before Colombo

High Court Judge Navaratne Marasinghe, the defence in the case filed their preliminary objections stating the case cannot be continued further.Following that, the prosecution was ordered to file their counter objections over the preliminary objections on March 03 by the Colombo High Court.

The millionaire father and two brothers of the two suicide bombers, who were accused of withholding information from the Police, seeing that a suicide attack was about to be carried out on Easter Sunday.

Indictments have been filed against three accused including Mohamed Ibrahim, a millionaire businessman living in Dematagoda, for allegedly concealing information from the police about a suicide attack was imminent on Easter Sunday under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and Penal Code.

The accused, Mohammad Yousuf Mohammad Ibrahim and Mohammad Ijaz Ahmed who were released on bail appeared before the Court while accused Mohammad Ibrahim Ismail Ahmed, was produced before the court by the Prisons Authority. The Attorney General filed an indictment in the High Court against Millionaire businessman Mohamed Ibrahim for committing an offense under the Prevention of Terrorism Act by concealing information without informing a Police officer about a terrorist attack that was imminent on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, which could have led to a racist riot.