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Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Pelpita to be arrested

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25 April 2015
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The Police Headquarters' sources report that the former President's Secretary and Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Lalith Weeratunga and the Director General of TRCSL Anusha Pelpita are to be arrested for spending Rs 600 million belonging to the TRCSL to distribute Sil clothing material for the election campaign of Mahinda Rajapaksa during the previous presidential election.

It was also revealed that he will be arrested after 28 April.

The investigations have revealed that an amount of Rs 600 million owned by the TRCSL has been deposited to a private account without depositing it to state consolidated fund.

The legal entities investigating the matter stated "depositing public funds to a private account without depositing it to the state consolidate fund and using it for the election campaign of a candidate is misuse of public funds".

The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) had questioned Lalith Weeratunga regarding the particular allegations and Anusha Pelpita who was arrested was released later on.

In addition, Venerable Watinapaha Sumananda Thero, who is allegedly involved in this financial fraud as a Buddhist Affairs coordinator of the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has also been questioned by FCID.

(Randiva)

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