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Keheliya Rambukwella remanded further

08 Apr, 2024

Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been ordered to be remanded further until 22 April over the alleged import of substandard immunoglobulin vials.

The order was given?by the Maligakanda Magistrate?s Court.

Rambukwella, former Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Chandragupta and 5 others have been remanded over the import of substandard human immunoglobulin vials.

The Criminal Investigation Department arrested Rambukwella in February after recording a statement from him over the allegations.

The former Minister also filed a fundamental rights petition in court challenging his arrest by the CID.

Rambukwella?s daughter Chamithri Rambukwella filed a complaint at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) recently over the arrest of her father.

Chamithri Rambukwella said that her father was arrested even before investigations were completed.

She noted that under the Constitution an accused is innocent until proven guilty.

However, she said that her father was arrested even before the investigations were completed. (Colombo Gazette)

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