<p class="title">A top Sri Lankan police official was arrested on Thursday, over a suspected plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena, police a spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after an Indian newspaper reported that Sirisena had accused India's intelligence services of involvement — a claim that New Delhi and Colombo have both denied.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Criminal Investigation Division of police on Thursday arrested Nalaka De Silva, after five days of questioning him," police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gunasekara said Silva was charged with plotting to kill the president, several senior police officials and a former defence secretary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Magistrates ordered Silva, a Deputy Inspector General of Police, to be detained until November 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A police informant made the allegations against Silva in a news conference. Investigators are seeking access to the deleted data from the informant's mobile phone, with the help of Huawei, after a court granted permission to request the company's help.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Silva's lawyers were not immediately available for comment.</p>
<p class="title">A top Sri Lankan police official was arrested on Thursday, over a suspected plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena, police a spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after an Indian newspaper reported that Sirisena had accused India's intelligence services of involvement — a claim that New Delhi and Colombo have both denied.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Criminal Investigation Division of police on Thursday arrested Nalaka De Silva, after five days of questioning him," police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gunasekara said Silva was charged with plotting to kill the president, several senior police officials and a former defence secretary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Magistrates ordered Silva, a Deputy Inspector General of Police, to be detained until November 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A police informant made the allegations against Silva in a news conference. Investigators are seeking access to the deleted data from the informant's mobile phone, with the help of Huawei, after a court granted permission to request the company's help.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Silva's lawyers were not immediately available for comment.</p>