Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been released on 02 personal bails by the Badulla Magistrate’s Court in connection with a case that had been filed by the Bribery Commission over the misuse of state funds.
The Badulla Magistrate’s Court today released the Parliamentarian on two personal bails of Rs. 01 million each concerning a case filed over the misappropriation of Rs. 01 million.
MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was arrested by the Bribery Commission, after recording a statement on 27 March, on 03 separate corruption charges linked to his previous tenure as a State Minister.
He was remanded on two corruption charges, while he was granted bail for one.
One charge was over the misappropriation of Rs. 01 million from the Provincial Council fixed deposit with a state bank.
The second charge was for causing a loss of Rs. 23 million to the government by withdrawing fixed deposits held in a state bank. (Newswire)