Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne has filed a second anticipatory bail application before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court this evening (20) seeking the prevention of his arrest, says our reporter.
Senaratne yesterday filed an anticipatory bail application, stating that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is planning to arrest him over the “white van” media briefing that he held several days before the presidential election. The Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and several other officials were named as the respondents of this bail application.
However, the Colombo Chief Magistrate had rejected Senaratne’s anticipatory bail application when it was taken up for consideration this morning.
Senaratne went on to file another anticipatory bail application requesting the court to release him on anticipatory bail before the CID takes him into custody.
