By Shehan Chamika Silva
Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa's brother Sarath Weerawansa, who was remanded over misusing a government vehicle causing Rs.10.5 million financial loss to the State was ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.
He was given bail on exceptional circumstances by the magistrate as the suspects had committed offences fell under Public Property Act.
He was released on a cash bail of Rs. 25,000 with two sureties of Rs. 100,000 each.
Earlier, according to the FCID the Presidential Secretariat in 2009 had permitted to obtain 12 vehicles for the parliamentarians elected from the NFP, and the suspect, who was not a parliamentarian at that moment, had illegally obtained one vehicle of it and used it for his personal purposes until 2015 causing Rs. 8.9 million financial loss to the state.
Later in 2012, the suspect had been appointed as the private secretary to the then Minister of Housing and Construction and had obtained a fuel allowance of Rs. 1.6 million under the disguise that he would use his private vehicle for ministerial works while already using a vehicle given by the PS.
Earlier, The FCID also said that there was a huge financial misappropriation taken place while using the fuel allowance book pertaining to the highly protected vehicle given to the Minister Weerawansa by the PS. The prosecution said using that fuel allowance book the suspect and few others had illegally obtained fuel for some other vehicles.
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