Former Rakna Lanka Chairman Major General (retired) Palitha Fernando’s passport has been impounded over two cases involving the Avant-Garde Maritime Services and Rakna Araksha Lanka companies. He and Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi are involved in a bribery case.
He requested permission to travel to Doha, Qatar, for a seminar.
He was allowed to travel abroad for a week from 24th October 2016 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya.