Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Suspended Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday (09) has been remanded until tomorrow (11), Ada Derana reporter said.

The order was issued by Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Rathnayake after considering the facts presented.

Rejecting the bail application, the Additional Magistrate stated that the bail request could not be considered at this stage as investigations are still ongoing.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate rejected the bail application and ordered that the case be called again tomorrow before the regular Magistrate.

The CID arrested Thushara Upuldeniya last evening in connection with investigations into a...