Former Secretary of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Nishantha Ranatunga was today released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitya over charges of posing death threats to Colombo District Cricket Council Secretary Aruna Wijaya de Silva during an election at SLC on December 18, 2015.
He appeared at the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today upon notices issued into the inquiry conducted by the Cinnamon Gardens Police based on a complaint lodged by the victim de Silva.
The Magistrate released him on a surety bail of Rs. 100, 000.
Ranatunga was charged under section 486 of the penal code for criminal intimidation by the police.
After pleading not guilty to the charges by the suspect, the Magistrate put off the further inquiry for December 5.
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