Husband who withdrew money from wife's account remanded

Ms. Lochani Abeywickrama, the Chief Magistrate of Mahara No. 01 Court, has ordered the remand of a person until the 9th, who fraudulently obtained five hundred thousand rupees from the bank account of his legal wife, who was working abroad. The husband, who was residing in Akbar Town, Wattala, was thus remanded on a court order.It was revealed in court that he committed this financial fraud by misleading bank officials with the assistance of another woman.

During the period the woman was working abroad, she continuously credited the money she earned to her state bank account in Sri Lanka. After some time, she returned to the island and, accompanied by her husband, went to the relevant bank to check the account statements, where it was revealed that five hundred thousand rupees were missing from the account. Internal investigations conducted through the bank regarding this revealed that this husband had brought another woman to the bank and misled bank officials to withdraw the money from the account.

Further investigations into this financial fraud were conducted by the Kiribathgoda Police. Under the instructions of Kiribathgoda Police Station OIC, Chief Police Inspector K. O. P. Abeyratne, Police Inspector Rohana Nandasiri, OIC of the Crime Prevention Investigation Division, and Sub-Inspector W. M. D. Thilakasiri, OIC of the Various Complaints Investigation Division, jointly investigated this and arrested the suspect. Subsequently, Police Constables Rathnayake (90071) and Kulasinghe (10789), attached to the Court Operations Division, arranged to present the suspect husband to the court.