Colombo issues arrest warrant for 'Tiger' intruder at Cardiff cricket match

COLOMBO: A warrant has been issued by the Colombo Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya through Interpol to arrest the LTTE activist who intruded into the Cardiff Cricket Ground in England carrying a ‘Tiger’ flag, during the Champions Trophy semifinals between India and Sri Lanka on July 20, ‘Daily Mirror’ reported.

The suspect identified as Yogeswaran Manimaran alias Mohan Raj, a former resident of Velvettiturai in Jaffna, and a British citizen residing in the UK, has been issued an open warrant too, to be issued in English for the arrest of the suspect, upon the request of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), in an application filed with a view to obtaining a red notice against him.

He is alleged to be a member of an organised gang, which specialises in withdrawing money, by using forged credit cards, from foreign account holders’ teller machines.

The suspect is alleged to have stolen money to the tune of Rs.30 million, from the Hatton National Bank and the Commercial Bank, and had used it to fund terrorist activities.

The CID identified the suspect, who carried the ‘Tiger’ flag during the cricket match, after comparing the visuals recorded by the CCTV cameras fixed in the ATM cubicles

The CID has filed another application, to suspend the suspect’s bank account held in a private bank in Kotahena, Colombo, under the 2006 Money Laundering Act.

The CID further informed that in this connection, two other suspects had been taken into the custody, identified as Ananda Ruban Kaladeepam from Dharmapuram and Balasubramaniam Udayan from Kotahena.

The CID’s request to further hold in custody the first and second suspects through a Detention Order was allowed by the Magistrate.

Further inquiry was fixed for July 30.

 

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