Thursday 20 October 2016

Avant Garde case: Senadhipathi permitted to travel abroad

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today permitted Nissanka Senadhipathi to travel to Singapore and Germany for medical treatments for a period of one year.

The Court allowed him to travel abroad on additional three sureties of Rs. 5 million each.

However, the Bribery Commission objected granting permission to the suspect to travel abroad for a period of one year.

The Magistrate also observed that suspect should be in present in court on every calling date of his cases, if failing to do so would be a result of his relief be permanently annulled.

Earlier court imposed a travel ban on the suspect over the two cases filed against him by the Commission.

Mr. Senadhipathi was a suspect into the Bribery Commission's inquiry over corruption charges at the Avant Guard Maritime Services over permitting the Avant Garde Maritime Services to operate a floating armory supporting AGMS to earn Rs. 11.4 billion causing a financial lost to the government.

He was also a suspect of another case in which the commission alleged with bribery charges for allegedly  offering and accepting a Rs. 35.5 million bribe.

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