Litro Gas case: Gamini Senarath acquitted

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Former President’s Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath and two others were acquitted and released by the Special Trial-at-Bar High Court over the Litro Gas case today.

Mr.Senarath and the two others were accused of allegedly misappropriating Rs. 500 million of funds belonging to Litro Gas.

The case against the four accused was taken up before the Special Trial-at-Bar Judges Sampath Wijeratne, Sampath Abeykoon and Ms Champa Janaki Rajaratna.

The accused were indicted in the Special Court last year for investing Rs. 500 million belonged to Litro Gas that was sent to the Canvil Holdings Ltd by the Litro Gas, which had been illegally invested by the accused in Helanco Hotel and Spa Private Company Limited deviously with some unidentified persons. (Shehan Chamika Silva)

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Bandu Thursday, 08 August 2019 01:09 PM

What a pus wedilla for this drama enacted at great expense to Police and Courts with our tax payer money.

Rohan Perea Thursday, 08 August 2019 03:46 PM

This country has two laws for all bigtime influential rouges courts do not take any action, but for normal people who are innocent even stole one coconut maximum punishment, our people are fools who are appointing robberes as leaders to rob our own money

Mali Thursday, 08 August 2019 05:00 PM

As long as the leading lawyers are lusting for money over injustice the rogues will rule the country.

Marcian Christopher Thursday, 08 August 2019 02:32 PM

All the other cases against the stooges and connected politicians will result the same verdict under the so called bogus yahapalanaya. All the robbers will go scot free. this is the beginning of such cases

Sarath Thursday, 08 August 2019 03:05 PM

New AG sabotaging?

Ram Thursday, 08 August 2019 04:05 PM

Eager to see the reasons. I am of the view that these indictments fail due to technicalities or defects in the charges

Lakminiha Thursday, 08 August 2019 04:44 PM

The most noticable thing is that the Judiciary is gradually becoming biased as they sense that the King's family may return to power.

TONY Thursday, 08 August 2019 05:35 PM

AG DEPT FALTERED? DONT WORRY IF GOTA BECOMES THE PRESIDENT ALL COURTS WILL BE ABOLISHED

VJ Friday, 09 August 2019 10:31 AM

The AG is doing a great job clearing his inventory of cases.

Yehiya Friday, 09 August 2019 10:49 AM

All corrupted people link together.

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