Another man who was arrested for stealing foreign liquor bottles from the private residence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe was today ordered to be remanded till September 7 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.
The suspect is to be produced before an identification parade on the next hearing date.
Producing the suspect before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage, the CID informed that the suspect was arrested based on a statement given by another suspect arrested on an earlier occasion for forcibly entering the President’s private residence.
Six suspects arrested over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo have been ordered to be further remanded till September 7 by Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.