Popular singer Amal Perera's name has also surfaced in connection with the alleged VIP assassination plot involving former DIG Nalaka Silva. 

The CID told the court this morning that the Singer, currently arrested in Dubai, had met DIG Nalaka Silva in 2016. 

The CID also informed the court that it would take measures to obtain a statement from Amal Perera and Makandure Madush through Interpol. 

Perera is believed to a friend of Makandure Madush, a Sri Lankan underworld figure based in Dubai. 

Both Perera and Madush are currently detained in a Dubai Police station. It is still not clear as to when they will be presented before a Magistrate. 

Madush's name was also linked to the alleged assassination plot revealed by Nalaka Kumara, an Army deserter and a former employee at the Presidential Secretariat.