Former Minister Arjuna Ranatunga and former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Dhammika Ranatunga have been served indictments before the Colombo High Court today (23) on a corruption charge.
The court then ordered the defendants to be released on two surety bonds of Rs. 5 million each.
The case was then ordered to be called for a pre-trial conference on May 15, Ada Derana reporter said.
The defendants are accused of causing a loss of nearly Rs. 800 million to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) by canceling 03 long-term tenders that were scheduled to be used to purchase fuel for the country for a period of six months in 2017-2018 and instead arranging for 27 spot tenders to be implemented at higher prices, and of aiding and abetting the same.
