October 16, Colombo (LNW): Nilu Dilhara Wijedasa, the former Director of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka (SECSL), has been taken into custody by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over allegations of abuse of state resources.
The arrest stems from a 2019 incident in which Wijedasa is accused of diverting the corporation’s staff and equipment to carry out renovation work at the headquarters of the United National Party (UNP), located in Sirikotha.
The Commission alleges that this unauthorised use of public assets resulted in a measurable financial loss to the state.
