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A man who is alleged to have owned an unlicensed financial institution with 39 branches and had cheated customers of millions of rupees was arrested and produced in the Gampola Chief Magistrate’s Court in connection with nine pending cases against him.
Police told Chief Magistrate Upali Gunawardene that an arrest warrant had been issued against the suspect by the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya High Courts for evading arrest.The magistrate directed the police to produce the suspect at the Kandy High Court today morning.
Selvadorai Dhanaraj, his wife and a brother are alleged to have managed the unlicensed financial institution under the name – Rural Investment and Development Bank Ltd., with branches in several areas.
Gampola police said the man’s wife and brother were absconding and police stations had been alerted to arrest them.