Shashi Prabha Ratwatte, the wife of former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, was taken into custody after she surrendered before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court (MC), after an unregistered car was found at her house in the Mirihana area of Nugegoda.

The Nugegoda Magistrate then ordered her to be remanded in custody until 7 November. 

Former state Minister was arrested by Police on 31 October in Katugastota, Kandy upon the discovery of the unregistered car on 26 October.