Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been further remanded until 19 May 2025 by the Badulla Magistrate’s Court, concerning a case that had been filed by the Bribery Commission.
MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was arrested by the Bribery Commission, after recording a statement on 27 March, on 03 corruption charges linked to his previous tenure as a State Minister.
He has been remanded on two corruption charges, while he has been granted bail for one charge.
The MP has been remanded over the charges of misappropriating Rs. 01 million from the Provincial Council fixed deposit with a state bank and over causing a loss of Rs. 23 million to the government by withdrawing fixed deposits held in a state bank. (Newswire)