Indictments served against ex-Minister Piyankara over corruption charges

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Indictments have been served against former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne before the Colombo High Court today (18).The indictments were
deposit an amount of Rs
494,000 to an account of a bank in Chilaw, during his tenure as the Minister of Civil Aviation.The indictment sheets, filed by the Bribery
Commission, were handed over to the court before the High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne today.Later, the Judge ordered the former
Minister to be released on two surety bails of Rs
500,000 each.