National Freedom Front leader MP Wimal Weerawansa arrested for allegedly misusing 40 vehicles belonging to the State Engineering Corporation (SEC) while functioning as the Housing, Construction and Engineering Services Minister incurring a loss of Rs. 91 million to the government was ordered to be further remanded till today (7) by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne. Earlier, the Magistrate refused to release Wimal Weerawansa on bail citing that the documents pertaining to his daughter’s health condition are not sufficient enough to consider releasing the suspect on bail under exceptional circumstances.
Filing a motion on 24th March 2017 , MP Wimal Weerawansa had filed a bail application in the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court citing his 15-year-old daughter’s mental health condition be considered as an exceptional circumstances to release him on bail.
While refusing to release the suspect on bail, the Magistrate observed that the bail application was not supported by the suspect with relevant documents to prove that his daughter was suffering from a particular illness.
The bail application mentioned that the15-year-old daughter had been admitted to Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Borella without tendering sufficient documents pertaining to her health condition.
Meanwhile, defence counsel appeared on behalf of Wimal Weerawansa on 3rd April 2017 filed a fresh bail application requesting that he be released on bail taking into consideration the legal and facts of the case as exceptional circumstances.
Followed by this, the case was taken up for hearing today. The Colombo Fort Magistrate has granted bail to Wimal Weerawansa.
