Chamara Sampath Gets Bail Amid Rs. 17.3M Corruption Scandal

COLOMBO (News 1st); Badulla District Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was released on bail today by the Badulla Magistrate’s Court, following his recent arrest over serious corruption allegations linked to his tenure as Chief Minister of the Uva Provincial Council.

The court granted bail under a personal surety of Rs. 1 million. 

Dassanayake was taken into custody by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly facilitating the withdrawal of six fixed deposit accounts belonging to the Provincial Council from a state bank, causing an estimated loss of Rs. 17.3 million to the government.

The charges fall under the Public Property Act and are being pursued by CIABOC.