Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Tilakaratne today (May 31) ordered that the case filed against three suspects, including former minister Prasanna Ranatunga and his wife Morin Ranatunga, for allegedly threatening a businessman and extorting Rupees. 64 million. Did.
The evidence of the plaintiff and the defendant in this case had been concluded earlier and the date for the judgment was fixed accordingly.
Between April 6, 2015 and June 2, 2015, a businessman by the name of Gerard Mendis was threatened with evasion of Rupees. The case was filed in the High Court by the then Attorney General during the previous government, including the then Chief Minister of the Western Province, Prasanna Ranatunga, his wife Maureen Ranatunga and Naresh Farik.
Naresh Farik, who has been named as the third accused in the case, has now fled the country and the court had decided to proceed with the case without him.
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