Ex-STF Commandant released on bail

28 November 2016 12:00 pm

Security Director of Sri Lanka Cricket and Former Special Task Force (STF) Commandant DIG K. L. M. Sarathchandra, who was arrested on charges of misusing a vehicle attached to the STF, was released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today.

He was released on two sureties of Rs. 1million each and was ordered to report to the CID every Sunday.

Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) arrested DIG Sarathchandra, who was also the Coordinating Secretary of Security Division of Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on charges of misappropriating a STF vehicle causing a Rs. 146, 690 losses to the State.(Shehan Chamika)