Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was today granted bail by a court in Colombo in the alleged floating armoury case which caused a loss of 11.4 billion rupees to the state exchequer. Former top defense ministry official Gotabhaya and six others had been asked to appear in Colombo magistrate court under the corruption charges filed by the Bribery Commission. <br/><br/>They were accused of causing a loss of 11.4 billion rupees to the state exchequer by supporting a private firm to run the floating armory in the southern sea port of Galle. Gotabhaya, 67, had publicly denied any wrongdoing.<br/><br/> Though the privately-owned company Avant-Garde Security Service said the weapons were for escorting commercial ships in anti-piracy operations, police had received complaints that the firearms were used for intimidation.<br/><br/>Gotabhaya became another member of the Rajapaksa family to get bail as several other family members of the former President were subject to investigations over corruption.