(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Attorney General (AG) has submitted a 21,000 page document to the Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministries seeking the extradition of former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendran over the bond scam case.
Mahendran, a main suspect accused of causing massive losses to the government by illegally issuing treasury bonds of the central bank in 2015, has been evading arrest in Singapore in the backdrop of court warrants and an INTERPOL alert issued for his arrest.
Issuing a statement, the AG’s Department noted that Sri Lankan extradition laws require an individual to be indicted or convicted in order to be extradited from overseas.
Accordingly, AG Dappula de Livera had filed indictments at the Special High Court against nine persons including the former central bank governor on June 28 this year, before making a request to extradite him.
State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, coordinating secretary to the AG said that the Foreign Affairs Ministry would take steps to forward the request to the Singaporean government in due course.
The AG’s Department noted that Mahendran, who is a Singaporean citizen, has not appeared before court since giving evidence before the presidential commission which had been appointed to probe the bond scam.
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