Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruna Buddhadasa today permitted the FCID to check the bank accounts of company known as Hovell Constructions into the inquiry being conducted under the Money Laundering Act against Namal Rajapaksa and five others for purchasing Hello Corp shares from questionable funds.
The FCID said it had earlier filed two separate cases against the suspects on charges of obtaining Rs.30 million from Hovell Construction Company and Rs.15 million from Boston Capital Company for services provided by NR Consultancy and Gowers Corporation, which are headed by Mr. Rajapaksa.
It said Mr. Rajapaksa who dealt with Boston Capital and Hovell Construction had given Rs.15 million and Rs.30 million to these companies through a person identified as Indika Karunajeewa with the intention of concealing the origin of the questionable funds.
The FCID said that money was later transferred to Gowers Corporation and NR Consultancy again, saying they were for the services provided.
Inspector M.M. Sajith yesterday sought court permission to check the bank accounts of Hovell Construction, which had dealt with NR Consultancy and Gowers Corporation.
The Magistrate also permitted one of the main witnesses Mr. Irriyagolla, to travel abroad between February 20 and March 6.
The other suspects –Pavithra Sujani Bogollagama, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sudarsha Bandara Ganegoda and Namal Rajapaksa and released on the previous bail conditions.
The prosecution found those transactions under Money Laundering Act and earlier filed two separate cases.
Inspector of Police MM Saajith today sought court permission to peruse bank details of Hovell Construction which had dealt with NR Consultancy and Gowers Corporation, in order to clarify further suspicious transactions into the main inquiry.
The Magistrate also allowed one of the main witnesses into the inquiry, Irriyagolla, to travel abroad on temporary basis between February 20 to March 6.
On the earlier occasion, the FCID told court that it had sent the extracts of the two cases filed against MP Namal Rajapaksa and five others under money laundering charges to the Attorney General to seek his opinion on filing indictments against the suspects in High Court over the alleged transactions.
Other suspects were Pavithra Sujani Bogollagama, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sudarsha Bandara Ganegoda and Namal Rajapaksa.
The two transactions were found by the prosecution as offences that fell under the Money Laundering Act.
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