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spokesman, ex-BASL sec. face forgery charges over land deal Lawyer Bandula Wijesinghe, former BASL Secretary, and Colonel Sumedha Perera, military spokesman, are being accused of claiming through forged documents a well-known philanthropist's land and ancestral home that have been declared by the Archaeological Department as protected property. The property originally owned by philanthropist and Kotte Urban Council's first Mayor Donald Obeysekere was later transferred to one of his sons, Alexander Obeysekere. The case relating to the alleged illegal acquisition was taken up before the Colombo High Court on Friday before Judge Deepali Wijesundera. Counsel for the accused told Court an appeal had been made to the Attorney General's Department not to serve indictments on the three accused in this case. The third was Sarath Wijewardena, former caretaker of the property. However, The Sunday Times learns that the request was turned down by the Solicitor General a day prior to the case being taken up. However, defence counsel moved for further time on the grounds that no final decision has been taken regarding his request. No objections were raised by the State and the case was fixed for July 22. It has transpired that Colonel Perera together with caretaker Wijewardena had claimed ownership to the property after allegedly producing a Deed of Gift prepared by Attorney Wijesinghe. The Examiner of Questionable Documents (EQD) has filed a report in Courts, saying the signature of Alexander Obeysekera had been forged. The property extending over one and half acres with the ancestral home of the Obeysekera family is situated off Rajagiriya in the Obeysekerapura area. |
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