<span style="color: #222222;">In Sri Lanka, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were granted bail today. The bail order was issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate after imposing a surety of 5,00,000 Rs on each of them. Both were arrested last week on charges of negligence to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks despite having prior intelligence inputs and remanded when they were admitted in hospitals. Hemasiri Fenando was removed from the post of defence secretary and &nbsp;Inspector General of Police Pujith Jaysundara was sent on compulsory leave after the April 21 attacks.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''Meanwhile, a full bench comprising seven judges of the Supreme Court has been appointed to hear the petitions filed against both officials claiming that they had violated fundamental rights by failing to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks.</span><br />
News On AIR | July 9, 2019 1:05 PM
Sri Lanka: IGP & former Defence Secretary granted bail