22 Armories of Sinha regiment Headquarters sealed

According to reports reaching lanka e news , 22 Armories of the Sinha regiment Headquarters at Gampaha have been sealed. This sealing had been done at the time when Gen. Sarath Fonseka became a candidate at the Presidential elections. Gen. Fonseka was the Head of the Sinha regiment before he became the Army Commander. It is reported that during the Presidential elections , instructions had been given to the Head Commander of the Sinha regiment that no vehicle shall be taken out from the Regiment camps without the orders of the Defense Ministry. During the Presidential elections , the Sinha regiment Headquarters administration was transferred to the Military Police by the Defense Ministry . After the elections , a large number of officers suspected of being close to Gen. Fonseka were transferred to Kilinochchi, reports say.

Where owing to special reasons, the Sinha regiment armories had not been sealed , every armory of the Army had been ordered to be sealed every day from 5.00 p.m . to 6.00 a.m. the following day . These seals cannot be opened by anyone except by the Army spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe , the duty officers and others on special occasions, according to Prasad Samarasinghe. When Lanka e news inquired from the Army spokesman about this sealing , he answered in the affirmative.