Former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa who was remanded over the alleged killing of 27 Welikada Prison inmates in 2012 was released on bail today (Mar 04).
This was announced when the suspect was produced before the Appeal Court's two-member bench of Justices Shiran Gunaratne and Nishshanka Karunaratne.
While delivering the verdict, the trial-at-bar had released Mr. Lamahewa under a cash bail of Rs 100,000 and two personal bails of Rs 1 million each. Further the judge bench also requested him to handover his passport to court.
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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