It was a SATHOSA Administrative Officer who had worn the burka to give a surprise to his lover
Further details about the individual who had got himself dressed up in a burka in order to give a surprise to his lover at the Katunayaka Airport day-before-yesterday being taken into custody are being
reported by now.This 35 year old person holds an administrative officer's position at the Sathosa Headquarters in Colombo and it is actually his legal wife who had come from abroad and not his lover, it was reported. It was also understood that he happened to be a close relative of a certain Minister. It is for the reason that he was a Muslim that he was able to easily get hold of a dress like the burka which incidentally covered the entire body leaving only the eyes open. Though his wife arrived in this country that day via Qatar she had lived in Norway. He had said that he had come to know this lady at the time he was residing in Britain and after getting married to her in Britain and she had gone to Norway because she had secured employment there and after that he had come back to Sri Lanka. He also added that she used come to visit him about once every year and that he had thought of giving her a surprise welcome this time when she arrives, by being dressed in a burka. This story was revealed when this person happened to come out from the toilet separated for males and situated near the exit of arrivals of visitors, all the time dressed in a burka which caused him to be taken into police custody on suspicion.
When his wife arrived at the airport and both were made to confront each other, there had been no contradiction in the information she provided and what he said, the police say. Whatever it is, after enquiring further information from him he was to be later produced before Negombo Magistrate Court.
Previous news report about the incident, from here