Appeals Court dismisses Riyaj Bathiudeen’s writ application
Posted by Editor on October 21, 2020 - 11:00 am
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the writ application filed by MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother, Riyaj Bathiudeen seeking the prevention of his re-arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The writ application was taken up before Appeals Court justices, Mahinda Samayawardhane and Arjuna Obeysekara this morning (21).

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