Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) informed a court in Colombo that it was seeking the advice of the Attorney General in proceedings against an astrologer who predicted that Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirsena would die.
The CID had informed the court that investigation had been completed against the astrologer over his prediction, and that they were now consulting with the Attorney General for “for further action on the suspect”, according to ColomboPage.
Investigations were ordered against the astrologer in 2016, with Sri Lanka’s Media Ministry secretary Nimal Bopage stating that he suspects the prediction “to be part of a wider plot to assassinate the president”.
The astrologer is former Sri Lankan navy sailor Vijithamuni Rohana de Silva who served two and a half years in prison after he was convicted of attempting to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1987. The former sailor infamously attacked Mr Gandhi during a naval guard of honour.
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