AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police yesterday made the first ever arrest of a Supreme Court judge who was detained in connection with an alleged sexual assault, an official said.
Sarath de Abrew was arrested following investigations into a complaint that he tried to force a 39-year-old woman to have sex with him on the outskirts of Colombo and beat her up when she refused.
The judge, who is in his 60s, was taken before a magistrate who ordered his release on personal bail of half a million rupees ($3,800), police said.
The magistrate also ordered the judge to cooperate with the Criminal Investigations Department (of the police) and make a statement, a police official said.