Colombo High Court grants bail to Gammanpila

Colombo High Court grants bail to Gammanpila

October 11, 2016   11:34 am

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader MP Udaya Gammanpila has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court today.


Gammanpila was released on a cash bail of Rs.500,000 and two personal bails of Rs.2 million each when a case filed against him on charges of using a fraudulent Power of Attorney to sell the shares of a company was taken up for hearing before Judge Padmini Ranawaka, Ada Derana reporter said. 


Gammanpila was earlier arrested by the by the Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) at his office in Pagoda Road, Nugegoda on June 18. 


He has been charged with the sale of shares valued at Rs.110 million which belonged to Australian businessman Brian Shaddick by fraudulent means.

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