Two Mahara SLFP women’s association members who were arrested yesterday for allegedly creating disturbances at the opening of the Kaduwela-Kadawatha stretch of the Outer Circular Highway were given bail today.

They were released on a cash bail of Rs 2500 and a surety of Rs 50,000 each.

They are alleged to have to have forcibly cut the ribbon tied across the Kadawatha- Kaduwela expressway minutes before the official opening.

The association’s President Sumana Jayasuriya and L.K. Pushpakumari were arrested following their protest.

The police said that while one of the women cut the ribbon the other woman was praising former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and displaying his poster.