Sri Lanka, March 4 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by Saman Ratnayake, former Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health, challenging his arrest and remand by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over the substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) procurement case.

The ruling was delivered today (4) by a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Kumuduni Wickremesinghe, and Sobhitha Rajakaruna.

Ratnayake was arrested on March 1, 2024, as part of investigations into the procurement of substandard IVIG vials. Several others, including former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, former Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Chandragupta, and official...