Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been further remanded until August 26, Ada Derana reporter said.

The order was issued by the Colombo Magistrate's Court.

Rajapaksa was arrested on August 6 by Bribery Commission officers at his residence in Nugegoda.

He was taken into custody in connection with an incident where compensation was allegedly obtained through another individual for a damaged building on a plot of government land in the Sevanagala-Kiriibban Wewa area which was set on fire during the 2022 island-wide protests.

Several properties, including a building that had been illegally constructed on a pl...