Southern Provincial Council Minister D.V. Upul, who was arrested and remanded over controversial comments he made regarding the FCID, has been released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (15).
The Provincial Council Minister was released on a cash bail of Rs. 25,000 and two personal bails of Rs. 1 million each.
Upul was arrested on June 08 after he was summoned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to record a statement for allegedly asking people to “stone to death” officials of the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID).
The CID today informed the court that inquiries are ongoing to locate the unedited raw footage containing the politician’s statement in question.
The CID also notified the court that Mr Upul had used two National Identity Cards (NICs) and that his passport had been obtained using an irregular method.
In a public speech recently delivered at Tissamaharama, he warned that officials of the FCID must be stoned to death for carrying out investigations against members of the Rajapaksa regime.
“We will watch them being stoned to death when Mahinda Rajapaksa returned as Prime Minister,” Upul had said.
Upul warned the FCID officials that “they will be dealt with.”
Sri Lanka Police launched an investigation regarding the statement as it was a threat to the police unit and the officers serving in it.
