The Malikakanda Magistrate has granted the CID permission to subpoena records of 19 accounts held by eight major banks in Sri Lanka. These accounts are linked to individuals allegedly acquiring property worth crores of rupees through undisclosed organized crime activities.
This decision followed a request from the Assets Gained through Organized Crime Investigation Unit of the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Secret Police. Chief Inspector Sampath Rajakaruna and Sub-Inspector Tharanga Lakmal presented the case to the court, based on a complaint by Mr. Sanjay Mahawatta, chairman of the organization ‘Magen Ratata’.
The investigation centers on Piyumi Hansmali, a resident of Colombo Hilton, who reportedly purchased a Range Rover for 8,000,000 rupees, a house worth 148 million rupees in a Colombo residential complex, and deposited large sums of money through 19 bank accounts at eight major banks in a short period.
This probe is being conducted under the Money Laundering Act No. 6 of 2006, as amended by Act No. 40 of 2011. After reviewing the facts, the Magistrate approved the subpoena of bank records and instructed the police to report the investigation’s progress to the court as soon as possible, subsequently dismissing the complaint.
