The Colombo Chief Magistrate today dismissed a case that implicated former Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman over misusing a Presidential Secretariat bullet proof armed vehicle worth Rs.90 million.
When the case filed by Financial Crimes Investigation Division’s (FCID) was taken up for hearing today, the court was told that legal opinion from Attorney General (AG) department has been sought on this regard.
Earlier FCID alleged that Mr Muralitharan failed to return the vehicle to Presidential Secretariat after new government took office violating provisions in Public Property Act.
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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