Man arrested for forging President’s signature

Yasaratne GAMAGE

A man who attempted to get employment at the State Timber Corporation by forging President Mahinda Rajapakse’s signature, was arrested in Nelumdeniya by Police special investigations unit on Tuesday.

The suspect, a 31 year old from Nelumdeniya had forged the President's signature and the frank on a forged President's official letter-head and forwarded a letter to the State Timber Corporation chairman to get employment as a security guard.

A team of the police special investigations unit led by IP J Dharmakeerthi, raided his home in Nelumdeniya and seized another letter with the President's forged signature allegedly written to the National Museums Department ordering it to recruit a person as a watcher in the said department.

The Police also recovered a forged letter head of Staff Defense School, Sapugaskanda, a computer, a colour printer, a computer scanner, a pen drive, a duplicate identity card to the name of L R Nalinda as issued by Staff Defense School and text of a speech of the President.

The suspect was produced in Kaduwela magistrates court yesterday.