Avant Garde chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi arrested and remanded

17 Oct, 2019

Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi has been arrested after he returned to Sri Lanka.

The Police said he was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when he arrived from? Singapore today

The Police said that Nissanka Senadhipathi was arrested based on a court order issued by the Galle Magistrate.

Following his arrest, Senadhipathi was produced before the Colombo Special High Courts where he was ordered to be remanded till 8 November.

He was wanted over the Avant Garde floating armoury case but he had fled to Singapore.

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