Badulla District New Democratic Front (NDF) Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
He has been arrested over an alleged incident of corruption that occurred during his tenure as Uva Province Chief Minister.
The MP was questioned by officials of the Bribery Commission earlier this morning and was arrested thereafter.
He is due to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Court later today.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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