COLOMBO: 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 personal go to to London, the place he had attended a college commencement ceremony. It was additional reported that the investigators declare the journey, which fashioned 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 in recent times. The detention of Ranil Wickremesinghe is anticipated to accentuate scrutiny over using public funds by prime officers.
In line with 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 removing. He misplaced the Presidential Elections to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the chief of Nationwide Folks’s Energy in September 2024.