The mother of former Army General Sarath Fonseka’s son-in-law was on Wednesday arrested after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recovered a large sum of foreign currency from her bank account, but was later released on bail by a local court here.
Ms Asoka Tillekaratne, mother of Mr Danuna Tillekaratne, was arrested by the CID after they searched her bank account following a tip-off on Tuesday and recovered Rs 75 million.
It included $5,27,000, £100 Sterling and 15 million Sri Lankan Rupees, and was recovered from the account in presence of Ms Tillekaratne, the police spokesman, Mr Preshantha Jayakody, told reporters on Tuesday. The Sri Lanka central bank finance intelligence unit and the exchange controller has been informed about the recovery and the CID is looking into keeping them under judicial custody, he said. The Magistrate also ordered Ms Tillekaratne not to leave the country.
Mr Jayakody said the search had been conducted thoroughly in accordance to the law.
- Zareen Katheja , seerilanka.
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