Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva ordered the suspect to be released on three personal bails of Rs. 5 million (50 Lakhs) each. Delivering the order, the Magistrate also imposed a travel ban on Rajapaksa, prohibiting him from leaving the country.
The conditional release was granted after the Magistrate took into consideration the submissions made by both the legal counsel representing Rajapaksa and the officials of the Bribery Commission.
Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, had been arrested earlier in the day when he arrived at the Bribery Commission to provide a statement. The arrest is connected to an ongoing investigation into allegations of irregularities surrounding his recruitment to the Sri Lanka Navy and the state-funded training he received at the British Royal Naval Academy.
