Sakvithi gives dud cheque to depositor

Manel PUSHPAKUMARI

Nugegoda Magistrate and Additional District Judge Rohana Anura Kumara Herath ordered to set aside a complaint about a dud cheque for Rs 550,000 given by the Sakvithi Enterprises to a depositor as a refund with interest on capital of Rs. 420,000.

Since the CID is conducting investigations into all complaints against Sakvithi Ranasinghe and 22 others for defrauding over Rs 1,050 million from depositors, the order to set aside the complaint till it was handed over to the CID was issued by Court at the request of the Special Crime Investigation Branch of the Mirihana police.

Extracts relating to the complaint has been handed over to the CID, the police said.

The police informed Court that B M Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Wadduwa had withdrawn Rs. 420,000 from his account at People's Bank and deposited it with the Sakvithi Enterprise on August 14, 2007 expecting higher interest.

The complainant had entered in to a bond with the Sakvithi Enterprise on that day for Rs 550,000 in the presence of K Kesara Sama Kumara.

The cheque for Rs 550,000 given by Sama Kumara was found to be unrealizable when it was presented to the Nations Trust Bank by the complainant, it was reported.