The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (26) ordered the release on bail of former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who is remanded on suspicion of importing a substandard organic fertilizer ship during the previous government.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali issued this order after considering the arguments presented by the Bribery Commission and the defense lawyers.
Accordingly, she ordered the suspect to be released on a cash bail of fifty thousand rupees and five sureties of one million rupees each.
The order also stated that two of the sureties should be close relatives.