COLOMBO : Chandimal Jayasinghe, Piyumi Hansamali and 13 others, who were booked for violating the quarantine laws were sent to Passara quarantine centre on Wednesday.
Accordingly, they will be under quarantine for a period of 14 days.
Thirteen individuals who were arrested for attending the party hosted by Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansamali were been granted bail earlier Wednesday (June 02).
The arrestees – 11 males and 02 females – were produced before Colombo Additional Magistrate Bandara Nelundeniya.
When the case was taken up, the police had made an appeal to direct the suspects to quarantine procedure through the prison, however, the additional magistrate ordered to release them on personal bails each valued at Rs. 100,000.
Fort Police Station had conducted investigations into an alleged incident in respect of a birthday party organised at a five-star hotel in the Galle Face area on the night of May 30.
On May 31, the Fort Police arrested Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piyumi Hansamali, who were produced before the Fort Magistrate and released them on bail.
Later, six persons were arrested by Fort Police on Tuesday June 01 for attending the said party. In addition to that, seven more individuals were taken into custody earlier on Wednesday.
