Trial date against Dhanuna’s mother set

By Lakmal Sooriyagoda

The trial of the money laundering case which was filed against Asoka Thillekaratne the mother of Dhanuna Tillekaratne in the Colombo High Court was yesterday fixed for 5 November. High Court Judge Sunil Rajapaksa directed the witnesses to appear in Court on the next trial date.

The accused Asoka Tillekaratne, mother of the son-in-law of former army commander Sarath Fonseka, had been charged for the violating Foreign Exchange Control Act.

The Attorney General indicted Thilakaratna for retaining a sum of Rs. 15 million in the locker rented out to Asoka Thilakaratna in a bank at Thimbirigasyaya, without declaring it and is allegedly laundered money.

President’s Counsel Ananda Wijesekara with Niroshana Perera appeared for the accused while State Counsel Riaz Bary prosecuted.