Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday on allegations of state funds’ misuse, as reported by Newswire Lanka.
Citing officers aware of the matter, Newswire reported that the previous Sri Lankan president was arrested after showing earlier than the Felony Investigation Division (CID) in Colombo.
As per Newswire, his arrest is linked to allegations of utilizing state funds to cowl the bills for a non-public go to to London, the place he had attended a college commencement ceremony.
It was additional reported that the investigators declare the journey, which shaped a part of a wider abroad tour, was not an official engagement however was financed with authorities cash.
As per Newswire, earlier in August, former presidential secretary Saman Ekanayake and former non-public secretary Sandra Perera have been questioned over their roles in arranging the go to.
Ranil Wickremesinghe had served as Sri Lanka’s president from 2022 to 2024.
As per experiences, he’s essentially the most senior political determine to face arrest lately. The detention of Ranil Wickremesinghe is predicted to accentuate scrutiny over using public funds by prime officers.
Based on the newswire, the court docket proceedings and formal costs are anticipated to comply with.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, assumed workplace as Sri Lanka’s interim president in July 2022 following Gottabaya Rajapaksa’s elimination. He misplaced the Presidential Elections to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the chief of Nationwide Individuals’s Energy in September 2024.