Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- The Chairman of Avant-Garde Maritime Services Nissanka Senadhipathi, who had been staying in Singapore, was arrested upon his arrival in Sri Lanka yesterday.

The arrest was made at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

He had arrived at the BIA via Singapore Airlines SQ 468 at around 11.35 pm last night (16).

Senadhipathi, who recently revealed a controversial telephone conversation he has had with former Bribery Commission chief Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe, was arrested for violating the overseas travel ban imposed by the courts.

On the 5th of July, the Attorney General had ordered the immediate arrest of the defendants in the Avant-Garde case. However, th...