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.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Three persons arrested on Saturday close to the Thalawila St Anne’s Church have been held under detention orders for questioning.
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