Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Tilakaratne today (June 6) sentenced Minister Prasanna Ranatunga to two years imprisonment with hard labor for allegedly extorting 64 million from a businessman.
The High Court judge found Minister Prasanna Ranatunga guilty of signing a promissory note in connection with the alleged extortion of Rupees. 64 million from a businessman.
The judge also ordered the plaintiff to pay one million rupees in damages.
The defendant was acquitted of all other charges and the judge ordered that the other defendants be acquitted of all charges.
The case was filed against Minister Prasanna Ranatunga and his wife Morin Ranatunga and three others in connection with the alleged extortion of Rupees. 64 million from a businessman.
The evidence of the plaintiff and the defendant in this case had been concluded earlier and the verdict was due today.
Between April 6 and June 2, 2015, he threatened a businessman named Gerard Mendis and demanded Rupees. 64 million to evict unauthorized occupants of a land in the Meethotamulla area in Kolonnawa and fill in the gaps. 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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