Court allows FCID to probe Gowers accounts

31 March 2016 03:24 pm

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today allowed the FCID to peruse the bank accounts of the Gowers Corporate (Pvt) Ltd and NR Consultations allegedly headed by MP Namal Rajapaksa.

The order was given over a complaint lodged by the Voice Against Corruption (VAC) against MP Rajapaksa on money laundering charges.

Lodging the complaint, JVP Provincial Councilor Wasantha Samarasinghe alleged that the Gowers Corporate (Pvt) Ltd. had purchased shares from a company called Hellocorp from ill-gotten funds worth Rs.125 million.

Previously, the Magistrate ordered to suspend the four fixed deposit accounts owned by the Gowers Corporate (Pvt) Ltd. (Shehan Chamika Silva)