Interpol assistance sought for Gammanpila forgery case

Police is seeking Interpol assistance to question two Australian nationals who reportedly signed as witnesses to a forged affidavit allegedly used by UPFA MP Udaya Gammanpila to sell shares held in a local bank by an Australian company.

The police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will either request the witnesses to personally call over to record their statements or, use skype facilities to record their statements, said an officer involved in the investigations.

The SIU has already questioned a local lawyer who had certified the Power of Attorney (PoA) of Mr Gammanpila. by the company, Digitial Nominees (Pty) Ltd based in Western Australia. The local lawyer had given an affidavit stating that the PoA  dated April 18, 1997, was certified after perusing the original and the photocopy.

The PoA had allegedly been used for the sale of 4.1 million shares.

Mr. Gammanpila was arrested last Saturday and remanded by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratna.