Sri Lankan Gen Sarath Fonseka was arrested accused of working with anti-government forces and planning a coup and assassinations.

Sri Lankan Gen Sarath Fonseka was arrested  accused of working with anti-government forces and planning a coup and assassinations.

He denies the charges.

Jointly the opposition parties said the general would be killed in detention.
   
Rauf Hakeem said they will take this matter to courts, before the people and the international community.

Gen Fonseka's wife told the BBC she had been allowed to visit him at the navy headquarters in Colombo where he is being held.

Anoma Fonseka said he trusted no one there and had therefore not eaten or drunk anything until she had taken him a meal.

Parliamentary elections are expected to be held on 8 April. Gen Fonseka is hoping to capitalise on his comfortable victory in the presidential poll, correspondents say.

[The above para was written by BBC person --- It sounds highly illogic to me.]

Mr Rajapaksa fought the presidential poll on the back of the government's successful military campaign to end the long insurgency by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north and east of the country.

Gen Fonseka also took credit for ending the civil war last year.

The two men fell out soon after the fighting ended and embarked on a bitter election campaign.

Hours before his arrest, the general said he was prepared to give evidence in an international court on any war crime charges against the state.

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