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Warrant issued on former Pramuka Chairman

by Indeewara Thilakarathne

High Court Judge of Colombo Deepali Wijesundara yesterday issued a warrant on the former Chairman of Pramuka Bank Rohan Perera in connection with a one million dollar fraud case. Rohan Perera was charged under the Exchange Control Act and Penal Code with misappropriation and cheating a sum of one million dollars during his tenure in the Seylan Bank as its Managing Director between May 31 and July 17, 1992.

When the case was taken up for hearing yesterday the CID informed Court that no one had received the summons earlier issued on the accused and the notice was pasted on the door. The Counsel for the suspect submitted that a warrant may not be issued on the accused as he is currently in the USA.

However, Prosecution's counsel Deepal Peiris stated that the defence counsel had not substantiated his application with sufficient material and failed to produce a single document to support his application.

State Counsel moved that summons may be issued on the accused.

Accordingly, the Court issued a warrant on the accused to appear in Court on July 28, 2003. Paul Ratnayaka Associates appeared for the accused.

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