Minister Keheliya Rambukwella who is in prison has tendered his resignation from the position of Environment Minister to President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

the letter has been forwarded to the President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake and President Ranil Wickremesinghe has accepted the letter.

Accordingly the Ministry of Environment will be placed under the President.

Keheliya Rambukwella was remanded until the 15th of February over the controversial human immunoglobulin procurement scandal and is currently admitted in the Prison Hospital.