Sarana's wife, who tried to bribe the judge to get bail for her husband, re-remanded until the 30th

The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today (20) ordered the further remand until the 30th of two individuals, including the wife of former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena, who were arrested in connection with a bribery incident where money was given with the intention of inducing a judge to grant bail to her husband.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued this order after the Bribery Commission presented the relevant suspects to the court and made submissions.

According to the court order, those who were further remanded are Chinari Lakmanti Hettiarachchi, the wife of Sarana Gunawardena, and an office assistant at the Colombo High Court named 'Charith'. It has been reported in connection with the incident that this bribe money was given to the said office assistant to induce a judge to grant bail to the former Deputy Minister.

Meanwhile, the Chief Magistrate ordered the release on bail of the Registrar of the Minuwangoda Magistrate's Court, who was named as the third suspect in this incident and arrested. Accordingly, he was ordered to be released on two personal bail bonds of ten lakh rupees each.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court had previously ordered the remand of these three suspects, who were arrested by the Bribery Commission, until today, after they were produced before the court on the 6th.