Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa and two co‑accused were served indictments before the Colombo High Court on corruption charges, with Judge Ravindra Premaratne ordering their release on two personal bails of Rs. 1 million each.
The court also imposed a foreign travel ban on the accused and directed that their fingerprints be obtained and a report submitted.
The case has been fixed for pre‑trial conference on August 5.
The indictments, filed by the Bribery Commission, name Sepalika Saman Kumari and Keerthi Bandara Kotagama as co‑accused.
The charges stem from allegations that the accused used official authority to pressure government officials into facilitating compensation payments of Rs. 8.85 million for property, including a building illegally constructed on Mahaweli Authority land in Sewanagala, Kiriibbanwewa, damaged during the May 9, 2022 Aragalaya protests.
The Bribery Commission alleges this amounted to committing and abetting the offence of corruption. (Newswire)