Court Rejects Bail for Namal Rajapaksa in Airbus Scandal

COLOMBO (News 1st): Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was today (29) further remanded until October 13 after the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court rejected an application seeking his release on bail in connection with the high-profile Airbus bribery scandal.

The case was taken up before Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama, who ruled that sufficient grounds had not been presented to justify granting bail to the suspect.

During proceedings, Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, informed court that investigations into both the alleged Airbus bribery incident and the related money laundering allegations had been completed.

He stated that the relevant extracts had already been forwarded to the Attorney General and that steps were now underway to file a joint indictment covering both investigations.

Namal Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, was produced before court this morning for the hearing.

In addition to the Airbus case, Rajapaksa also appeared before court today in connection with the separate case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over allegations linked to the Krrish transaction, in which he has been named a suspect.