Bail for Gota & Senadhipathi who caused Rs.11.4 billion loss to public

FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2016

Eight persons including former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi, who appeared before court on a case filed by Bribery Commission over the Avant Garde case in which they are charged for causing a loss of Rs 11.4 billion to the state through the illegal establishment of a floating armory in the port of Galle, released on a cash bail of Rs 200,000 and personal bail of Rs 10 million while the court also barred them from leaving the country.

The case was herd before Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya and the next date for hearing was fixed to 16th January, 2017.