Trial date against Dhanuna’s mother set

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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.