Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been remanded until April 01, 2025, over one of three corruption allegations.
Earlier today, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption questioned the MP regarding three corruption charges, including an alleged financial irregularity during his tenure as a provincial minister.
He faces three charges, including causing a loss of Rs. 23 million to the government by withdrawing all fixed deposits maintained by the provincial council from a state bank after the bank manager refused to provide additional funds, for which he was remanded by the court.
He faces two other charges from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
When produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (March 27), over two charges, he was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 and two sureties of Rs. 5 million each.
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court also imposed an overseas travel ban on him.
(Previous News on 27th March, 2025 at 2:08pm)
MP Chamara Sampath arrested
The New Democratic Front’s (NDF) Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been arrested by the Bribery Commission.
Earlier, he was questioned by the officials of the Bribery Commission in relation to an irregularity that occurred during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Uva Province.
