India Issued Alert To Sri Lanka On Possible Blasts

The Colombo mission, among the potential targets, took precautions after the early-April warning

- Meera Srinivasan

India had issued an alert to Sri Lanka in early April on possible bomb attacks at different spots in the island, including the Indian High Commission building, sources in Colombo and New Delhi said, pointing to a possible lapse on the part of Sri Lanka’s security agencies.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne told media-persons on Monday that “international” intelligence agencies had “warned the government on April 4” regarding an impending attack in the country. He did not name the country. However, sources in Colombo told The Hindu that India had shared “as much information as they could” at that time.

The Colombo mission, which was among the potential targets, had since taken “necessary precautions” .

Note from DIG