According to police, statements have been recorded from 20 people in connection to the disappearance of a businessman in Trincomalee.

Police say that a number of teams are conducting investigations. They added that initial investigations had failed to reveal clues on the whereabouts of the missing businessman.

Police said that they had examined CCTV footage recorded in the Trincomalee town, and that the businessman could not be identified in the footage.

However, police also said that the image of the businessman was recorded in the restaurant where he had breakfast.

The businessman, Mohammed Nazrin, a resident of Bandaragama, has been reported missing since Sunday evening.

Police said that he was travelling with twelve other people aboard three vehicles, to Trincomalee in order to attend a gold auction.

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