Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and is currently in remand custody, has been produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Court by prison officials.

The case is scheduled to be heard before the Colombo Magistrate's Court today.

Wickramasinghe was taken into custody on June 27 at around 12:18 p.m. in Nawala by CIABOC on charges related to corruption.

According to the Commission, the arrest was made in connection with an ongoing investigation into three separate allegations of corruption related to decisions taken during his tenure as the Chairman of the national carrier.

The charges against W...