Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who remains in remand custody, has been admitted to the Prison Hospital, the Prisons Department confirmed.

On 29 August, the Colombo Magistrate’s Court further remanded Rajapaksa until 12 September, rejecting a bail application filed on his behalf. Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama ordered that he remain in custody until the specified date.

Rajapaksa was arrested on 6 August by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) at his residence in Nugegoda. He is accused of obtaining compensation through another individual for a government-owned building in the Sevanagala–Kiriibban Wewa area that was set on fire during the 2022 island-wide protests.