Tissa Attanayake’s Forgery Investigation Completed by CID

Attanayake  was a long serving General Secretary of the UNP, who  defected to the government side at the 11th hour during the election campaign.

Attanayake is accused of preparing a document claiming to have the signatures of the then common candidate of the opposition Maithripala Sirisena and the then Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe during the 2015 Presidential Election campaign. The document was said to be a secret agreement between the two.

On complaint made, Attanayake was arrested in February 2015 in connection with  the forgery .

The case was taken up at the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today.

The CID  informed court that the investigations against Tissa Attanayake on the alleged forging of the signatures of Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe have been completed.

This case fixed for trial on 30th November 2016.