The Criminal Investigation Department has launched an investigation into an incident where DIG Western Province, Northern Range allegedly released Rs 7.5 million to a suspect in a case by furnishing misleading facts to the Magistrate’s Court.
The officer in question is DIG Rohan Premaratne, who was the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department at one point in time.
The matter was reported to the Colombo Magistrate with a request by the CID to hand over the case to the Bribery Commission since it is related to corruption.
Accordingly, the Colombo Additional Magistrate TN Ilangasinghe issued a notice to the Bribery Commission yesterday, ordering them to appear in court on October 3rd to hand over the investigation of the incident.
The former secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, retired Major General Jagath Alwis, had also submitted a complaint to the Inspector General of Police on January 28 to investigate the matter.
The Police Inspector Linton, Officer-in-Charge of the Peliyagoda Criminal Investigation Bureau, and a group of officers have reported the facts to the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court regarding the suspects and the recovery of over 7.5 million rupees during an investigation when the money was being syphoned off to Dubai through the Undial system on February 21.
The Criminal Investigation Department has also reported to the court that this investigation was conducted by Chief Inspector Jayasundara, the OIC of the Financial Investigation Unit 01 of the Criminal Investigation Department, and has reported the matter to the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court.
The CID informed the Court that the investigations relating to the matter had not been completed yet since they were carrying out their duties under trying conditions since the DIG in question was functioning as the Director of the CID at the time, implying that he threw about his weight to fizzle out the case. The CID said that the court productions amounting to 7.5 million had been allegedly released to the suspect in this case by furnishing false information to the court.
