The Colombo High Court handed indictments to the Chairman of Avant Garde, Nissanka Yapa Senadhipathi and former Coordinating Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Major General Palitha Fernando who are the main suspects involved in the Avant Garde bribery trial earlier today (3).
Following the charge sheets submitted to the courts by the Bond Commission, Nissanka Senadhipathi and Palitha Fernando were granted cash bail of Rs.100,000 each and two sureties each worth Rs.1 million.
The courts also requested authorities document fingerprints from each of the suspects.
Fernando, former chairman of Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited, and Senadhipathi were indicted on 47 counts by the Bribery Commission in August this year.
They have been charged of soliciting and accepting Rs 35.5 million as a gratification to transfer Maritime Protection Services from the Sri Lanka Army to Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd.
