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Wanted former Sri Lanka cricketer arrested for fraud charges
By M. Shamil Amit
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Lalithamana Fernando who had gone missing along with his wife and two children since April this year after allegedly defrauding millions of Rupees from various people has been arrested by the Kadugannawa police today.
Fernando played a solitary One Day International for Sri Lanka against Australia in the Nehru Cup in India in 1989. He claimed the wicket of David Boon in that match and scored eight runs.
Fernando who had returned to Sri Lanka after residing for 15 years in Australia was reported missing by his relatives in mid April. He had arrived in Sri Lanka in March.
Fernando had worked as a cricket coach in Bangladesh and Australia and had followed a cricket coaching course before becoming a coach.
After arriving in Sri Lanka, Fernando had allegedly collected millions of Rupees from parents of young cricketers, promising that their children would be sent to Australia to play professional cricket for clubs.
However, after collecting a huge amount of money, Fernando had gone missing.
A group of men who had been allegedly duped by Fernando had kept a keen search for the missing man after they had received information that Fernando had not left the country.
Finally they had received a tip that Fernando was living incognito in the Pilimatalawa area near Kandy.
Fernando had been using a mobile phone of one of the students he coached and it had led to his whereabouts.
Kadugannawa police on receiving information that he was living in a rented house at Pilimatalawa had surrounded the house which led to his arrest.
He is currently in police custody and is to be produced at the Gangodawila Magistrate’s courts on August 25.
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