The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered the release on bail of Neville Wanniarachchi, Chief Security Officer to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was arrested and remanded by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on suspicion of illegally acquiring assets and properties worth Rs. 28 million.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama issued the order after considering facts presented by the CIABOC and the suspect’s lawyers.
The Magistrate ordered Wanniarachchi to be released on cash bail of Rs. 50,000 and three sureties of one million rupees each. Additionally, an overseas travel ban was also imposed.
The case has been scheduled to be taken up again on 16 January.
By AJA Abeynayake