Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne further remanded until 10th June today.
Rajitha Senaratne was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on 13 May and was remanded till today.
Today when the case was taken up again he was further remanded for 14 more days.
The former Health Minister is in remand custody over a controversial ‘white van’ press briefing in November, prior to the Presidential election.
During the Presidential election campaign, Senaratane had brought before the media two men said to be drivers of a ‘white van’ used for abductions during the former Rajapaksa regime.
Following the press conference, in December 2019, the Attorney General instructed the Criminal Investigations Department to arrest Senaratne in connection to the incident.
Rajitha Senaratne, who was later arrested and remanded, was granted bail in December 2019 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
However, the Attorney General in January 2020 filed a revised application in court against the court order to grant bail to Senaratne, following which the latter has been arrested and now remains in remand custody.
(With inputs from Colombo Gazette)