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Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa remanded
Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa has been remanded until August 19 after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate s Court.
Summary
The Colombo Magistrate's Court remanded Shasheendra Rajapaksa after he was arrested by the Bribery Commission earlier today. According to the Bribery Commission, the former State Minister was arrested in connection with a probe into corruption and the misuse of a property belonging to the Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority. Shasheendra Rajapaksa was arrested on charges under Section 5(1) of the amended 1982 Act No.
What this story is about
People
- Shasheendra Rajapaksa2
Organisations
- Bribery Commission2
- Mahaweli Authority2
- Sri2
- Colombo Magistrate's Court.Rajapaksa
- Colombo Magistrate s Court
- Colombo Magistrate's Court
- Mahaweli Authority.In
Places
- Sri Lanka2
- Colombo2
- Sevanagala-Kiriibban Wewa area
- Kiriibbanwewa reservoir
- Sevanagala.Following
- Nugegoda
Keywords
- remanded2
- august2
- state2
- until2
- allegations
- thecontinue
- connection
- corruption
- minister
- produced
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