CID Informs Fort Magistrate Sujeewa Receives Rs 3 Mn & Arjuna Mahendran Rs3.2 Mn From PTL

When the central bank bond case was taken up before the Fort magistrate  Lanka Jeyaratne yesterday, reporting the progress made in investigation the CID informed the court that State Minister  for International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe had received  Rs 3  mn  from W.M.Mendis company, subsidiary of perpetual Treasuries (PTL) owned by Arjun Aloysius . Rs 3 million had been received through three cheques between Aug 24,2015 and  March 32, 2016. Out of which two cheques  were encashed by his police body guard and the third by one of his political accomplice.

Senior Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda told the court that Senasinghe would be called by the CID to record a statement. Meanwhile  UPFA MP Dayasiri Jeyasekera, who received Rs 1 million from Walt Rowe and Associates in July 2015 had yet to report  to the CID to make a statement though he had been asked to do

The AG’s Department also told the court that the first accused in this case former Central Bank Governor too had received Rs 3.2 Mn through 3 separate cheques from PTL  has been encashed  by his peon.