The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), hours after he was suspended from service over the incident where a convict was released in Anuradhapura, on a so called Presidential pardon.
Police said that the Commissioner General will be held overnight by the CID and produced in courts tomorrow.
He is suspected of aiding and abetting the release of prisoners illegally on the pretext they had received Presidential pardons.
The Cabinet earlier in the day had decided to suspend the service of Upuldeniya, as the release of a convict in Anuradheapura had not been authorized by the President, but court had been falsely informed that he had received a presidential pardon coinciding with the Vesak day.
Meanwhile the Assistant Commissioner of Anuradhapura Prison who was arrested on Sunday by the CID yesterday in connection with the release of the prisoner was produced in courts today and remanded until June 11.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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