Sri Lanka, July 21 -- The Court of Appeal today (21) ordered that a petition filed by former Secretary of the Ministry of Sports retired Major General Nanda Mallawarachchi, be taken up for consideration on July 28. The petitioner requests that the indictment filed against him before the Colombo High Court by the Attorney General be nullified.

The charges are in relation to the alleged misuse of state funds during the period leading up to the 2015 Presidential Election by purchasing 14,000 carrom boards and 11,000 checkers (Daam) boards for political purposes, which were then distributed through the political offices of the then-presidential candidate, Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The petition was taken up today before the Court of Appeal bench co...