Ex-Snr Dty Bursar of P’deniya Uni enlarged on Rs 1m bail
View(s):Kandy High Court Judge (HCJ) Ms Kusula Sarojini Weerawardene ordered cash bail in Rs 1 million for interdicted University of Peradeniya (UoP) Senior Deputy Bursar Mahes Iddawela who had filed a revision application, after the Kandy Magistrate refused him bail.
Mr Iddawela was also ordered to provide 4 Sureties of Rs 2.5 million, who should be 2 relatives and 2 government servants whose income should be Rs 1.25 lakhs, and to hand over his passport to Courts. In this case, Mr Mahes Iddawela, Senior Deputy Bursar of the Post Graduate Institute of Science at the UoP, is alleged to have misappropriated Rs 70 million in funds belonging to the UoP and the Institute.
Mr Iddawela was absconding the Police for some months, before he appeared in Courts.
- L.B. Senaratne