New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail Tuesday after being arrested over allegations of misusing public funds while in office.

Wickremesinghe is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested and the most prominent among dozens of high former government and political leaders being investigated for corruption under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected last year on an anti-corruption platform.

The senior opposition politician's aide Danushka Ramanayake said he had heard from the Magistrates' Court in Colombo that Wickremesinghe had been given bail. More details on the decision were not available.

The former president, who was arrested Friday, is in intensive care ...