• They had been arrested by police in connection with a fraud involving 11 GI pipes purchased for a project

The Chairman of the Beliatta Pradeshiya Sabha and his elder brother had been arrested by the police in connection with a fraud involving 11 GI pipes purchased for a project.  

Police said the 58-year-old PS Chairman Cyril Munasinghe and his 67-year-old brother, Piyadasa Munasinghe, have been arrested in connection with the incident.  

They were produced in court yesterday and remanded till January 3 by the Tangalle Magistrate.