**The Colombo campaign office of defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka has been raided, his supporters say.**One of the general’s aides told the BBC that he believed special forces were engaged in the operation.
Another said that he believed that the raid was being carried out with the aim of breaking links between Gen Fonseka and those who worked with him.
Gen Fonseka has refused to accept his defeat in the elections.
He argues that his supporters were intimidated and the result was fixed.
On Thursday the general told the BBC Sinhala service that he wanted to leave the country because of death threats.
A senior government official, Laxman Hulugalle, would only say that “a process of investigations is going on” in relation to Gen Fonseka.
He would not confirm a raid was in progress or say what was being investigated.
All journalists have been stopped from entering the street where the campaign office is situated.
But reporters in the area say they believe up to 100 special forces entered the site.