Obeysekera
case: Expert confirms signatures were forged
By Teles Anandappa
The Indian forensic expert Prof. S. Chandrasekeran confirmed
that the signatures in the alleged false deeds of gifts claiming
the property of the late Fredrick Obeysekera were forged. In this
case former Military Spokesman Colonel Sumedha Perera, Bandula Wijesinghe
and former caretaker Sarath Wijewardena are charged with trying
to claim the ancestral property of Fredrick Obeysekera by producing
fraudulent documents.
When Senior State Counsel cross examined Professor
Chandrasekera at the High Court he specifically stated that the
alleged forged signatures were written and not signed and that when
he compared them with the original signatures of Mr. Frederick Obeysekera,
he detected the letter ‘k’ ended with a curved line
in the original signatures, whereas in the alleged forged documents
it did not show this feature and there was a similar difference
in the letter ‘c’. Senior State Counsel S. Thurairajah
appeared for the prosecution. Judge Rohini Walgama postponed hearing
for December 13.
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