Colombo magistrate discharged today usthaz Rasheed Hajjul Akbar, former president of Sri Lanka Jamaathe Islami, from all charges against him.
When his Fundamental Rights Violation application was taken up for hearing at the Supreme Court recently the Attorney General Department informed the court that it had advised the Terrorist Investigation Division of the Police to withdraw all the charges against him. Consequently, he was discharged by the magistrate today.
Presidential Commission of Inquiries on Easter Sunday attacks had made certain charges against him based on evidences placed before it and recommended further inquiries and instituting legal action against him.
Subsequently he was arrested and detained for investigation.
He challenged his arrest and detention at the Supreme Court as illegal and violation of his Fundamental Rights. As an interim relief he was released on bail in January 2022 and today discharged from all charges.
