Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was remanded until October 13 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court yesterday (7), following her arrest by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).Read Travel Guides

CIABOC officers arrested the former first lady yesterday morning at her residence at Poorwarama Road, Kirulapone.

The Commission said the arrest was made over allegations of corruption involving the criminal misappropriation of State funds, as well as offences under the Offences Against Public Property Act.

It is alleged that she obtained Rs.10 million from the State-owned bank through the Siriliya Saviya Foundation, on the pretext of providing a Computed Tomography (CT) scanne...