Driver, security officer caught for theft in Sri Lanka

The Colombo Fort Magistrate Court on Monday remanded a driver and a security officer, who were employed at the residence of the Nawaloka Hospital director, till May 2 on charges of having stolen gold jewellery worth Rs3.5 million and Rs15,000 in cash, the ‘Daily Mirror’ newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Hospital Director Harshith Dharmadasa in his complaint to the Kollupitiya (Colombo 3) police alleged that two of his employees had stolen gold jewellery worth Rs3.5 million and Rs15,000 in cash from his residence located at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo.

He told the police that the theft may have taken place.when his family members were away on an outing.

Police recovered the stolen jewellery and cash from the two arrested employees during their investigations which revealed that the suspects had opened the cupboard using newly cut keys.

The two suspects, identified as Asanka Chamara of Galnewa and Anuruddha Indika of Rambukkana, were produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and remanded till May 2.




 

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