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Suspect in fraud case given time to pay remaining Rs. 70,000
Kandy Chief Magistrate M.T. Vasantha Kumar ordered the accused in a fraud case to settle the balance Rs. 70,000 on January 19 next year, when a suspect in a fraud case pleaded guilty to having illegally withdrawn Rs. 370,000 on a Visa Card.
In this case .Ginhani Premaratne of Rosawtta Kandy complained to the Kandy Crimes Division that Rs. three hundred and seventy thousand had been illegally withdrawn from her account using her Visa Credit Card.
Following investigations by the Crimes Division of the Kandy police, it was revealed that the sister-in-law of the victim had been responsible for the illegal withdrawal of the cash.
The complainant had apparently left her handbag on top of an almirah when she visited her sister-in-law –I.G Renuka Gunaratne-who had illegally used the card to withdraw the money.
The suspect had reimbursed Rs. 300,000 and was given time to settle the balance.Attorney at Law Rajith Bandara Welikimbura appeared for the suspect and sergeant Ananda of the Kandy Crimes division prosecuted.