Two remanded for swindling thousands of people

21 July 2013 03:56 pm

A  Manageress and a Director who have been working under an individual who was employed as a Director under Sakvithi Ranasinghe  and operated the  Sithijaya  Homes and  Rajagedara Homes  Companies were remanded by the Kaduwela Magistrate for allegedly swindling thousands of customers.

The two suspects were remanded till August 25.

They have allegedly defrauded money from people undertaking to construct houses and brokerage in the sale of lands, Mirihana police told the court.

 The chief suspect who is said to have been an understudy of Sakivithi Ranasinghe is currently absconding. He had earlier worked as a director  under Sakvithi Ranasinha and has started  business forming two companies-  Sithijaya and Rajagedera  Homes  Pvt Ltd. after the arrest of  Sakvithi who  is the accused  of  a case  at the Gangodawila  Magistrate court over fraudulent  deposits, police told the court.