Sri Lankan chief of defence staff Ravindra Wijegunaratne was arrested on Wednesday.
He is accused of shielding a naval intelligence officer allegedly responsible for killing 11 persons during the 2008-09 war against the LTTE. He was sent to custody till 5th of next month.
Earlier, he surrendered to court after weeks of evading arrest as a Colombo court ordered the CID to take necessary action to arrest him. Several members of the Sri Lankan military are accused of abductions and extra-judicial killings during the war.
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