BREAKING: Keheliya arrested by CID

BREAKING: Keheliya arrested by CID over immunoglobulin scandal

by Zulfick Farzan 02-02-2024 | 7:43 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been arrested over the controversial human immunoglobulin procurement scandal.

Sri Lanka's Former Health Minister Rambukwella arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department in Colombo on Friday (2) morning, complying with a Court Order issued a day earlier.

He was at the CID to provide a statement with regard to the controversial human immunoglobulin procurement.

Maligakanda Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama ordered Minister Keheliya Rambukwella to report to the Criminal Investigations Department in Colombo at  9 AM on Friday (2) to provide a statement.

In addition, the Maligakanda Magistrate imposed an overseas travel ban on the Minister. 

As per the court order, Keheliya Rambukwella appeared at the CID at 9 AM.