By Gihan Kamalesh Weerasinghe- June 12, 2014 Police investigations have revealed that the number plates on the vehicle in which Deputy Minister Hemal Gunasekera sped along the Southern Expressway on 20 May, was a fake.
A high ranking police officer, conducting investigations, said the garage number C 13/ 1188 that was on the vehicle, was a bogus number.
When using a garage number on a vehicle for travel, special permission must be obtained from the Commissioner of Motor Traffic, he pointed out.
The registration number on the vehicle in which the deputy minister was travelling was not an authorized number, the officer pointed out.
After the Speaker of Parliament grants permission, police will question the deputy minister, and on the advice of the Attorney General, steps will be taken to file legal action against him, the officer said. He added, the police was in possession of the photographs captured by the CCTV cameras installed on the Expressway and in them the number plate of the deputy minister's vehicle is depicted. The spot fine order issued to the deputy minister's driver for over speeding also bears the number of the vehicle, he observed.
