Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen visited the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office at Irattaperiyakulam in Vavuniya District of the Northern Province on July 27, and gave a statement for five hours, in connection with investigations regarding the supply of raw materials to the copper factory owned by an Easter Sunday suicide bomber, reports Daily Mirror. The former Minister’s statement was recorded by the CID officers at the Irattaperiyakulam from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Minister has visited this CID office in accordance with the magisterial order made by the Fort Magistrate to record the statement from Bathiudeen without hampering his election activities.