No bail for Wimal’s wife

Wimal Weerawansa wife Shashi Weerawansa

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Shashi Weerawansa was remanded till March 4 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate today.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested Shashi Weerawansa at a private hospital in Malabe last Sunday (22), on charges of submitting forged documents to obtain a diplomatic passport.

The Magistrate had yesterday ordered the prison authorities to transfer Ms. Weerawansa from a private hospital in Malabe to the Prison Hospital.