{"id":131286,"date":"2023-01-11T15:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=131286"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:47:06","slug":"cid-arrests-adarsha-karadana-over-complaint-filed-by-ashu-marasinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/01\/11\/cid-arrests-adarsha-karadana-over-complaint-filed-by-ashu-marasinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"CID arrests Adarsha Karadana over complaint filed by Ashu Marasinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Adarsha Karadana, who was recently in the spotlight after releasing a controversial video of her estranged partner former MP Ashu Marasinghe, has been arrested by the Police Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, Karadana was arrested over a complaint lodged by the former Presidential Advisor, pertaining to a video released by the former in which Marasinghe is allegedly seen sexually abusing her pet dog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 24 December, Marasinghe had filed a complaint with the CID against Karadana, accusing her of doctoring the video in question, which was widely circulated on social media, and attempting to defame him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Colombo Magistrate\u2019s Court yesterday (10 Jan.) rejected a petition filed by Karadana on 03 January, requesting that she be released on anticipatory bail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d86\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0ddd\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0d86\u0daf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0dcf \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca\u0d85\u0da9\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7.. &quot;\u0db4\u0dd0\u0dba 06\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc1 \u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DgQ383ZdXWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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