Colombo: The government has sought the
help of the Interpol to probe foreign bank accounts of the
son-in-law of Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate
whose company allegedly supplied arms to the military.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is
investigating foreign bank accounts of Danuna Tilakaratne, the
son-in-law of retired General Sarath Fonseka.
The Interpol assistance is being sought to collect
information on his international financial dealings, the
police said.
This is with regard to supply of arms to Sri Lankan
security forces by his US-based company Hicorp Inc.
The CID has already gathered information on
Tilakaratne's accounts in Sri Lanka, the police said.
Tilakaratne, the alleged president of Hicorp
International and the British Borneo Defence, is accused of
earning profits from arms procurement deals awarded to him
when Fonseka was the Army Commander during the ethnic war
with LTTE.
He secured the arms contract despite his company
allegedly being the highest bidder.
However, Tilakaratne is yet to be arrested and his
whereabouts is reportedly not known.
The former Army Commander is in military custody
facing charges of conspiracy against the government. Fonseka
led the military in its victory over the LTTE in May 2009.
Asoka Tillekaratne, mother of Danuna was arrested last
week after CID recovered a large sum of foreign currency from
her bank account, but was later released on bail by a local
court here.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 22:16