Colombo Additional Magistrate Jeyaram Trotsky today issued open warrants through Interpol to arrest two suspects who were absconding the prosecution and the Court over the inquiry conducted under the Money Laundering Act against Namal Rajapaksa and five others for purchasing shares of a company called Hello Corp from ill-gotten funds.
Suspects, Indika Prabath Karunajeewa and Iresha Silva are said to have resided in abroad absconding the prosecution.
Meanwhile, it was revealed in court that the Attorney General would file indictments in high court immediately on the all suspects.
Based on the suspicious transactions revealed during the investigation, the FCID had earlier filed two separate cases for the suspects for obtaining Rs. 30 million from Hovell Construction and Rs. 15 million from Boston Capital Company in the disguise of the services provided by NR Consultancy and Gowers Corporation which are headed by Mr. Rajapaksa.
According to the FCID, the suspect, Namal Rajapaksa had dealt with companies called 'Boston Capital' and Hovell Construction and had given Rs. 15 million and 30 million by him self and through one Indika Karunajeewa to those companies in order to conceal the origin of the alleged ill gotten funds.
Later the given money was paid to the Gowers Corporation and NR consultance Companies again, which are headed by Namal Rajapaksa, under the disguise of payments for the services obtained by those companies, said FCID.
The prosecution found those transactions under Money Laundering Act and earlier filed two separate cases.
FCID officer, Inspector of Police MM Saajith conducted the investigation.
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, Pavithra Sujani Bogollagama, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sudarsha Bandara Ganegoda and Namal Rajapaksa were today present in Court and released on the previous bail conditions.
The two transactions were found by the prosecution as offences that fell under the Money Laundering Act.
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