UPFA Municipal Councilor Kulathissa Deeganage was released today on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
Mr. Geeganage was previously arrested by the Police Crimes Division for involvement in an incident which took place at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) in October last year. He was arrested for obstructing police officers at the CPC while also being involved in an unlawful gathering.
Accordingly, Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ordered that the Municipal Councillor be released on a cash bail of Rs 10,000 and a surety of Rs. 200,000.
Meanwhile, the Magistrate further remanded the Police officer belonging to Ministerial Security Division who was involved in the shooting of an individual and injury of two others when a tense situation took place at the Dematagoda CPC Head Office in October 2018. The officer was further remanded till February 1.
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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