Adarsha Karandana granted bail for alleged sextortion charges

Adarsha Karandana arrested for allegedly blackmailing former Parliamentarian Prof. Ashu Marasinghe after threatening to post sexually-explicit videos on websites was ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis ordered Adarsha Karandana to be released on two sureties of Rs.500,000 each.

Adarsha Karandana was arrested by the Police Cyber Crimes Division over a complaint lodged by Prof. Ashu Marasinghe alleging that she threatened to upload  sexually-explicit videos if he fails to pay up a sum of Rs 100 million.