Sri Lanka, Oct. 9 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed the Colombo Magistrate's Court today (09) that 13 bank accounts belonging to Shadhika Lakshani, the wife of Backhoe Saman, who is currently in remand custody, and her close associates have been frozen.

According to the CID, five of the frozen accounts are directly linked to the suspect.

This information was presented before Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama when the related case was taken up in court today.

The suspect, Shadhika Lakshani, was further remanded until October 23 pending ongoing investigations.

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