Uva CM granted bail

Uva Province Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake who surrendered to the Badulla Police this morning, was granted bail by the Badulla Magistrate’s Court a short while ago.

Magistrate Nayantha Samarathunga released the Chief Minister on two sureties of Rs. 200,000 each.

Chief Minister Dassanayake is alleged to have forced a Principal of a Tamil Girls School to kneel in front of him for not following his orders.(Prasad Rukmal)