Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratne informed the Attorney General that he has appointed a team of Senior CID Officers under the direction of DIG CID to investigate the Brandix COVID-19 cluster, Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.
The Attorney General recently directed the Acting IGP to inform him immediately of the progress of the investigating team appointed to investigate into the spread of COVID-19 from the Minuwangoda Brandix cluster as no Police investigation had commenced so far to look into the matter.
On October 28, the Attorney General directed the Acting IGP to immediately commence a criminal investigation into the Brandix cluster and ordered to submit a preliminary progress report on the investigation within two weeks.