Astrologer, Vijemuni Vijith Rohana who was arrested on charges of circulating a video forecasting the death of President Maithripala Sirisena was ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara.
He was released on a cash bail of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of one million each. The Magistrate also imposed a travel ban on the suspect.
The suspect was produced before Chief Magistrate on January 31 night by the CID and later kept under Prison Authority till yesterday since the sureties were pending.
The prosecution had leveled charges against him under section 120 of the penal code (Exciting or attempting to excite disaffection).
When the suspect was produced before the Magistrate, Counsel R.A.P. Ranawaka who appeared for the suspect moved that the case could not be maintained since the allegations leveled against the suspect are incomplete.
According to the prosecution, the suspect had maintained a face book profile for him and on two occasions he had posted videos, predicting that the president would die soon.
The CID said the public had shown displeasure on the statements made by the suspect as so- called videos contained with predictions over president's death.
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