Sri Lanka Crisis News LIVE Updates: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had fled to the Maldives, on Thursday took a Saudi Airlines plane that will take him and his wife to Singapore and then Saudi Arabia, a Maldives government officials said on condition of anonymity. Sources have, however, refuted media reports on their onward travel. His escape to Maldives was negotiated by former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, sources said. Meanwhile, Sri Lankans are awaiting his resignation, a day after he fled to escape an uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government’s mismanagement. Stay with TOI for more updates