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Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday ordered a private bank to submit details of a bank account held by a senior citizens organization in connection with alleged defrauding money.
Lodging a complaint with Colombo Crime Division (CCD), the complainant Suppiah Sakya Sendra of Agarapatana alleged that a senior citizens organisation at Kollupitiya was functioning by deceiving the general public.
The B report stated that the complainant had obtained his membership in the organization with 1000 new applications and he had distributed them among the public in Batticaloa area. It further stated that he had able to recruit nearly 7000 people to the organisation and alleged that the organisation had failed to fulfill members’ aspirations.The complainant Suppiah Sakya Sendra had told police he had also informed this matter to the President, Prime Minister, Attorney General and Inspector General of Police. In this complaint, he had requested to redistribute the monies among all members of the organisation.
It is reported that a membership application had been valued at Rs.5000.
The CCD had sought a court order requesting to submit details of a bank account of the organisation and Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne ordered the bank to submit details of all bank transactions of the organization.