RMV document forgery: Indictment on March 31

Sandasen MARASINGHE

COLOMBO: Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara fixed March 31 for serving the indictment to the former Nugegoda and Akuressa Police OIC K. D. R. Wasantha Koralage for forwarding a forged document to the Commissioner of Motor Traffic.

Attorney General indicted W. Koralage on two counts for urging Commissioner of Motor Traffic Nissanka Wijitha Chandra Piyatilake to register the Toyota Van CR 27 in the place of GB 7214 that was allocated to a motorbicycle, which would lead to a revenue loss to the Government.

The second count says that the Wasantha Koralge has done a punishable offence by forwarding that fraudulent document MT6 prepared to transfer the Toyota Van CR 27, to the Commissioner of Motor Traffic.

In a statement to the Police the Koralage said that he was a resident of Homagama and he was an Inspector of Police at the Terrorist Investigation Division and he was engaged in special duty attached to the Prime Ministerial Security Division on August 25, 2002 at the time of giving the statement.