Srilanka, Feb. 24 -- W.M. Mendis Distilleries Company Director Arjun Aloysius and another senior official of the company was released from jail yesterday after serving a prison sentence.

Prisons spokesman Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake confirmed their release from the Welikada Prison.

According to the system of reduction of the relevant prison term of a prisoner sentenced to prison, the prison sentence period of six months had ended in four months, he said.

Aloysius and a manager of the company were sentenced to jail in October last year on charges of VAT evasion of Rs.3.5 Billion.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily News Sri Lanka....