An inmate who attempted to escape the Welikada prison has been caught this morning.
The prisoner is serving a four-year imprisonment term over a theft and has been placed under custody at the Chapel Ward of the prison.
Prisons sources said that the inmate was reported to have been missing since last evening.
Upon questioning, the prisoner said he wanted to return back home to celebrate the New Year.
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.
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