Cash found at President’s House: Appeal Court quashes summons on Deshabandu Thennakoon
The Court of Appeal has quashed the summons issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on Senior DIG Deshbandu Thennakoon to appear before courts as a suspect over the Rs. 17.8 million in cash found at the President’s House when protestors stormed the building on July 09, 2022.
The order has been issued by the Appeals Court judge bench consisting of Justices Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and A. Marikkar, while ruling on the writ petition filed by the Senior DIG Deshbandu Thennakoon today (June 26).
On January 26, 2023 the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court issued summons on Senior DIG Deshbandu Thennakoon to appear before Court as an accused over a criminal accusation that he had allegedly aided and abetted to commit criminal breach of trust with regard to Rs. 17.8 million recovered by protestors inside the President’s House on July 09, 2022.
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