Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Two cases involving Shiranthi Rajapaksa and the Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa are scheduled to be taken up before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today (13).

The case against Shiranthi Rajapaksa relates to allegations of corruption and the misappropriation of public funds.

She is accused of obtaining Rs. 10 million from the National Savings Bank on the claim that a CT scanner would be provided to Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children through the Siriliya Saviya organisation, but failing to supply the machine.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested her at her Kirulapone residence on the 7th.

She was subsequently produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court and rema...