Interpreter suspect bailed over Oman racket re-remanded
Six suspects who have been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over the alleged human trafficking to Dubai and Oman, were ordered to be further remanded till December 13 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Nandana Amarasinghe yesterday.
Meanwhile, a woman who was arrested and released in connection with alleged women trafficking to Oman was remanded till December 13. In addition to that, Investigations have revealed that Asha Dissanayake had requested Rs.200,000 from a woman in Uragas Handiya to bring her mother back to Sri Lanka from Oman. The said amount was deposited in a bank account on February 2 as per Dissanayake’s request.
The Criminal Investigations Department pleaded to issue an order directing the General Managers of seven private banks to hand over details regarding the said bank accounts.
The Attorney appearing for the suspect stated that his client only acted as a Interpreter. The Magistrate stated that if the six suspects had only done their own work, such an allegation would not have arisen and said that time should be given to the investigation to find out the truth. Attorneys appearing on behalf of the suspects requested to release their clients on bail. However, the Magistrate denied the requests made by the defence counsel. President’s Counsel Dilrukshi Dias appearing on behalf of a victim woman informed court that her client’s passport was being held by the agency illegally and that she would demand Rs.500,000 for its release. She requested court to issue an order to release the passports that are being held in this manner.