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 Thilakarathne’s mother and will seek Interpol support to arrest him.

According to the CID the money had been transported from Fonseka’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 Fonseka’s son-in-law Danuna Thilakarathne’s mother on February 17.