Colombo Chief Magistrate has today (24) ordered Prison Authorities to transfer wife of the former minister Shashi Weerawansha who was arrested on last Sunday to the Prison Hospital .The chief magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya had also instructed the prison authorities to obtain a medical report from the chief medical officer of the prison hospital of her health and seek his advise whether there a need to admit shashi weerawansha to the Colombo,National Hospital.
Shashi Weerawansha who is the wife of former minister of Housing and Construction Wimal Weerawansha has been arrested by the CID for allegedly possessing a diplomatic passport by submitting false personal details.She was arrested at a private hospital in mallabe.