Revenge porn’ edited, claims presidential ex-aide

COLOMBO: A video in which a presidential aide is seen to be making lurid gestures had been edited to distort the context of a bedroom scene, it was alleged in a complaint to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Sri Lankan police.

Ashu Marasinghe who resigned as the Presidential advisor on Parliamentary Affairs after the leaked video was shared widely on social media told the CID that the footage had been edited in such a way to distort the actual circumstances.

He did not elaborate, but his lawyer told reporters in Colombo that the 14-second clip had been released after a dispute with a woman business partner.

He did not discuss the nature of their business.The images were released by a woman identified as Adarsha Karadana who says she is the estranged partner of Marasinghe, a former member of parliament from the UNP.

He was a top aide of UNP leader and President Ranil Wickremesinghe till Friday when the video was released.

The case has also raised questions of possible abuse of power, where police was used to settle a personal dispute.