The former head of Sri Lanka was arrested

Police said that the former head of Sri Lanka Ranel and Jermising was arrested regarding the use of alleged money.

The accusation is related to the trips he performed abroad while working as a president.

It is scheduled to appear in the Magistrate Court in the capital, Colombo, after he had already submitted a statement to the Ministry of Criminal Investigation (CID) earlier in the day.

Wickremesinghe worked as a president from 2022 to 2024, where he entered the role after the worst economic crisis in the country ever in a popular uprising that caused his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaxa.

It was widely credited with helping to restore the island’s nation on the road to economic recovery.

Wickremesinghe also served six separate periods as prime minister for the nineties on the nineties.

According to the BBC Senala, the 76 -year -old, 23 foreign trips during his time as president, at a cost of more than 600 million rupees ($ 2 million; 1.4 million pounds).

On Friday, the arrest of the UK’s manufacture in 2023 is on the Wikimising Road from the G77 summit in Cuba, according to reports of the news agency.

On this occasion, he and his wife attended the University of Wolverhampton University.

SRi Lanka claims that this is a private visit to the state’s money – which is denied by Wickremesinghe.

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