Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others have been ordered to be remanded until March 23 by a special Trial-at-Bar, in relation to the Central Bank bond scam. The Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, said that the Attorney General had filed indictments before the Trials-at-Bar hearing the Bond Scam cases pertaining to the 2016 March 29 & 31st Bond Auctions on Wednesday (17).
On the 18th of February 2021, the Chief Justice appointed two Trial-at-Bars to hear the Bond Scam cases involving two bond auctions in March 2016, following a request by the Attorney General.
The request was made in order to try Ravi Karunanayake, Arjuna Mahendran, Arjun Aloysius and seven others.
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