Former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Monday afternoon.

An inquiry had been launched by the CID based on reports that Attanayake displayed an alleged secret agreement letter said to have signed between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, Police Spokesperson SSP Ajith Rohana said.

Attanayake who was at the time Health Minister of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government, displayed the agreement letter and alleged President Sirisena and the Prime Minister of signing the secret agreement, in addition to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in the public. The Parliamentarian also alleged the secret agreement of containing several terms that could be harmful to the country.