Former Minister Douglas Devananda, who was arrested and remanded, has been granted bail by the Gampaha Magistrate’s Court.
After being produced before Gampaha Magistrate Shilani Perera today (Jan. 09), Devananda was granted bail under two personal bonds of Rs. 02 million each.
The court ordered that the guarantors must be 02 close relatives of the defendant and imposed an overseas travel ban on the former minister.
The case is scheduled for further hearing on March 27.Devananda was arrested in connection with an investigation into an incident involving a firearm that had been provided to him by the Sri Lanka Army for personal use in 2001, which was later recovered following the interrogation of organized criminal figure ‘Makandure Madush’ in 2019.
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