The Crime Branch of the Keselwatte Police yesterday pointed out before Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva that the two individuals who had come forward to post a personal bail of Rs. 100 million for former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena had fraudulently misled the court by doing so.
It was revealed that these two sureties did not even know Kapila Chandrasena and had come forward as sureties after receiving a sum of Rs. 15,000. The police told the court that they had misled the court and that this situation was an offence punishable under the Bail Act No. 30 of 1997. The Additional Magistrate, having considered the facts, ordered the two suspects to be remanded in custody until the 13th.
Two suspects, Mohamed Rizwan and Mohamed Irshan, residents of Sanchi Arachchiwatte, near the Aluthkade court complex, were remanded in custody for posting bail for Kapila Chandrasena, thus misleading the court.
The suspects have confessed to the police that they appeared for the two hundred thousand rupees bails set by the court for suspect Kapila Chandrasena, at the request of two individuals named Deva and Tissa, and that they had received money for it.
The police say that the court officials had come to the conclusion that these sureties were unable to produce the suspect in court when necessary in accordance with the provisions of the Bail Act and that there was no connection between the suspect and the sureties. Accordingly, the Keselwatte police have arrested the two suspects after examining the Grama Niladhari certificates they submitted.
The Magistrate, after considering the facts presented, ordered the suspects to be remanded until the 13th. The Additional Magistrate also ordered the police to submit a full report on how they obtained their Grama Niladhari certificates.