SLCTB ex-chairman arrested!

- Dec 20, 2016

The CID today (20) arrested Shashi Welgama, who was chairman of the SLCTB during the Rajapaksa regime. He has been produced before the Colombo magistrate’s court no. three courtroom, and is expected to be remanded.

A cousin of Rajapaksa administration’s transport minister Kumar Welgama, the suspect faces accusations of misappropriating Rs. 134 million of SLCTB money.

 

His lawyers claim their client is not guilty to the charge, as the documents furnished by the CID to question Welgama do not contain his handwriting, and has only his signature.2

 

The CID made submissions against the suspect as per clause 386 of the penal code (criminal misuse), clause 388 (criminal breach of trust) and clause 398 (defraud), and all these offences are non-bailable.

 

On a charge of having aided and abetted the committing of this offence, the then transport minister Kumar Welgama is to be questioned by the CID as well.