Warrant issued for Fonseka aide, Interpol to be notified

March 5, 2010 10:55 am

Mount Lavinia Magistrate today issued an arrest warrant for Don Sanjeewa Kumara an aide of Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka over the case where Rs. 850 lakhs were deposited in a safe at a private bank. However the CID told court that the suspect had fled the country soon after the arrest of Danuna Thilakarathneâ€™s mother and will seek Interpol support to arrest him.

According to the CID the money had been transported from Fonsekaâ€™s office to the private bank in a Land Rover Defender. The suspect Don Sanjeew Kumara is believed to have fled the country after the arrest of Fonsekaâ€™s son-in-law Danuna Thilakarathneâ€™s mother on February 17.

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