The Colombo High Court has sentenced former Chief Minister of the North Central Province S.M.
Ranjith and his Private Secretary Shanthi Chandrasena to 16 years of extensive imprisonment after they were condemned of corruption charges.Meanwhile, the 2 convicts were also fined Rs.
200,000 each.The court provided this decision after the hearing of a case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery Or Corruption (CIABOC) versus the former Chief Minister over corruption charges.The Bribery Commission had filed this case, alleging that the former Chief Minister devoted the criminal offense of corruption by illegally acquiring Rs.
2,080,500 as fuel allowances during his tenure as the Chief Minister of the North Central Province.