By Shehan Chamika Silva
Colombo High Court today served indictment on former
Minister Basil Rajapaksa over the case in which he was accused of
misappropriating Rs. 29 million funds of Divineguma Department by printing five
million almanacs during the last presidential election.
Subsequently, Colombo High Court Judge Gihan Kulathunga
released the suspect on a cash bail of Rs. 100,000 with two sureties of Rs.
500,000 each. And also the accused was ordered to be finger printed.
Other suspect, former Director General of Divineguma
Development Department, Kithsiri Ranawaka was earlier served with the
indictment and currently on bail.
The Attorney General had indicted the suspects in High Court
on five counts over criminal misappropriation under the Penal Code.
The High Court fixed the case for May 24 to decide the
inception of the trial.
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