6.3.2008
Rotten
Vander, a company belonged to UNP MP Ravi Karunanayaka
came to a settlement with Anthonian P. Stramiks, a European,
to pay back a sum of Euro 144,000 (Rs. 22 million) belonged
to Mr. Stramiks, the company was accused of misappropriating.
Mr.
Karunanayaka's father-in-law Janesha Mahsri Jayawardhana
is the Chairman of Rotten Vander Company. Mr. Karunanayaka's
spouse Mrs. Melatin Viranthi Karunanayaka is a director
of the company.
Rs.
seven million was paid on the day the settlement was made
and the balance Rs. 15 million was promised to be paid
back within 15 months.
Colombo
Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Namal Bandara
heard the case. The CID filed the case following an investigation
based on a complaint lodged by the victimized party.
The
judge granted permission to CID to investigate the bank
accounts of the company in relevance to the misappropriation
of money.
The
complainer invested Euro 200,000 in Rotten Vander Company
keeping trust on then powerful Minister Ravi Karunanayaka
in August 2002. The complainer deposited money in No:
1420815332 account of Nation's Trust Bank belonged to
Rotten Vander Company. Janesha Mahsri Jayawardhana, as
the Chairman of Rotten Vander Company and Mrs. Melatin
Viranthi Karunanayaka as a director of the company signed
the agreement with Mr. Stramiks.
After
several months, dividends payments came to a standstill
and all attempts of the complainer to contact the above
mentioned persons failed. A check (No: 294951) issued
by the company under the account number 0141000000469
of Nation's Trust Bank - Metropolitan Branch on 10 - 07
- 2005 to the value of Rs. 500,000 also returned, stated
the complainer.
The
complainer further stated that when the summons were issued
to the directors of the company pertaining toh a case
he filed in Colombo District Court against this fraud,
the company had been closed and the same director board
had launched a new company under the name of I.J.S. Global
Lanka in the same address.
Courtesy - LeN