Red light for Fort magistrate Thilina Gamage!

 

Monday, 16 February 2015 

It is a result of a personal discussion MP, lawyer Namal Rajapaka had with his close friend Thilina Gamage, Colombo Fort magistrate, that former UNP general secretary Tissa Attanayake, remanded on a charge of preparing fake documents, had been able to secure bail despite objections by the CID, reports say.

On the day previous to the day Attanayake was bailed out, MP Rajapaksa met magistrate Gamage at his official chamber and discussed the matter, say reliable sources.

It is a known secret that MP Rajapaksa had got Inland Revenue Department superintendent Lalith Ambanwela, once seriously wounded in an acid attack, transferred out after he had determined that the file pertaining to a baby elephant kept by magistrate Gamage at his Neelammahara Road, Maharagama home was a fake and that the licence for the jumbo was illegal, and ordered an inquiry.

Magistrate Gamage cited inadequate evidence against Attanayake when ordering him bail. However, the government analyst’s report says the document given by him to the media has had forged signatures.

The magistrate had disregarded submissions by the CID that forging the signatures of the incumbent president and the prime minister and preparing fake documents with the intention of causing communal clashes could have had serious public unrest.

Also, our exclusive sources say Caraoke Wasantha, a notorious racketeer in the Colombo underworld, had played a key role in getting bail for Attanayake. Both are closely related and the former was a notable invitee when the latter assumed duties as the health minister in the previous regime.

Caraoke Wasantha gave liquor party for magistrate Gamage on the previous night of the hearing at a special place at Colombo Fort. Johnny Walker Gold Label and tasty foods were freely available there, and pictures taken from a mobile phone without Gamage’s knowledge are circulating among Colombo businessmen these days.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has given a red light warning, but to no avail, to Gamage for his having acted in a blatant violation of the ethics of the Sri Lanka Judges Association and cohabiting with underworld racketeers at their haunting places. Therefore, several senior lawyers are planning to lodge complaint, complete with the pictures, to the Judicial Services Commission against magistrate Gamage, according to reports reaching us.