Adarsha Karandana, who was arrested for allegedly blackmailing former Parliamentarian Prof. Ashu Marasinghe after threatening to post sexually explicit videos on websites, was ordered to be released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis ordered Adarsha Karandana to be released on two sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.
Adarsha Karandana was arrested by the Police Cyber Crimes Division over a complaint lodged by Prof. Ashu Marasinghe alleging that she threatened to upload sexually explicit videos if he failed to pay up a sum of Rs 100 million.