Is Sarath Gunaratne in hiding in John Amaratunga’s home?

Dec 29, 2016

Former deputy fisheries minister Sarath Gunaratne is in hiding in the home of tourism and Christian religious affairs minister John Amaratunga to escape arrest over charges of having defrauded Rs. 300 million from the Negombo lagoon development project, a reliable source reports to Lanka News Web.

Some days ago, Amaratunga sent a message to a topmost police official and asked that Gunaratne, a devoted Catholic, be allowed to remain free of harassment during Christmas.

 

The source also said that it was quite reasonable for the Christian religious affairs minister to make such a request, as he was concerned about the welfare of Catholics during Christmas.

 

All the suspects arrested in connection with this fraud have been released on bail due to the influence of top leaders of the SLFP, police sources say.

 

Several attempts to reach Amaratunga, who is friendly with the media, failed. If his media unit makes a response to this article, we are bound to publish it without any amendment.