The Court of Appeal has ordered the relevant security authorities to immediately take measures to provide sufficient additional security to the former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekera, whose life is allegedly under threat.This order was issued when a writ petition filed by the former Director of the CID, seeking an order to provide adequate protection to him as there is a threat to his life, was taken up before the court today (14).The petition was taken up before the two-member Appeals Court judge bench consisting of the President of the Court of Appeal Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Justice Vikum Kaluarachchi.