Sri Lanka, Jan. 6 -- Arrested Parliamentarian, former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake was released on two surety bails of Rs.500,000 each after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate yesterday.

The MP was arrested by the Colombo South Crime Division (CSCD) for not possessing a renewed license for his official pistol at the Parliament Members' Housing Complex in Madiwela on Saturday evening.

A travel ban was also imposed on the MP by the Magistrate yesterday.

According to Police, the CSCD officers had searched the MP's house with a search warrant obtained from the Gangodawila (Nugegoda) Magistrate on the doubt of possessing a data-storage with call records but ended up with this pistol and 127 live bullets.

The police office...