A former Director (ED) of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa, has been granted bail after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday (18). Accordingly, Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva ordered that Halloluwa be released on two surety bails of Rs. 500,000 each. The Magistrate also imposed a travel ban on the suspect, and further ordered that the suspect’s passport be impounded.

Halloluwa, who was evading court, was arrested in Colpetty on 19 August. He was arrested in relation to a shooting incident involving his vehicle in Narahenpita.