Ranjan remanded till Jan.29

Pic by Damith Wickramasinghe

• Ranjan was ordered a voice test at Govt. Analyst on Jan 23
• The audio clips went viral on social media websites

By Sheain Fernandopulle   

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the controversial audio clips, was yesterday remanded till January 29 by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.   

He was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) officers at his residence in Madiwala on Tuesday on the instructions of the Attorney General after obtaining a warrant and produce him in court on charges of interfering with the functions of the judges.   

Most of the audio clips, which are being circulated, have been dubbed

MP Ramanayake was also ordered to be produced before the Government Analyst on January 23rd to obtain a voice test to determine, whether the voice said to be his matches with the alleged recorded audio clips.     

• He was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division

I was arrested without a complaint: Ranjan 

Neither my number nor voice identified

By Sheain Fernandopulle  

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake told journalists yesterday he was arrested even without a complaint being made to the police and when neither his number nor voice had yet been identified.  

He said it was the second time that he was arrested without a complaint.   

“No Magistrate has complained to any law enforcement agencies,” the MP said. “People, who want me arrested, assume that I have influenced  legal proceedings.”   
However, he said in reality, he had not influenced any of the Magistrates and added it was them who telephoned him requesting for police security.   

“Most of the audio clips, which are being circulated, have been dubbed and some contain things which I have never uttered like disregarding Buddhism,” the MP said.  

• People, who want me arrested, assume that I have influenced  legal proceedings