The Colombo High Court today ordered the temporary release of former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage’s passport in order to obtain United States visa.
MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage sought Court’s permission to travel to United States between August 8 and 23.
High Court Judge Sampath Wijeratne made this order following a request by defence counsel.
At a previous occasion, the Colombo High Court had served indictments on former Sports Minister and Kandy District MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage in connection with an indictment filed against him by Attorney General for alleged criminal breach of trust of Rs.3.9 million funds belonging to a trade union named Sri Lanka Nidahas Kamkaru Congress.
The Attorney General alleged that former Sports Minister Aluthgamage has committed a criminal breach of trust with regard to Rs.1,000,000, misappropriated Rs.1,900,000 and misappropriated another Rs.1,000,000 belonging to the Sri Lanka Nidahas Kamkaru Congress in October, 2012 till April 2013.
The Attorney General charged that the accused had committed punishable offences under Section 388 and 389 of the Penal Code.
The Attorney General has listed 13 persons as the witnesses in the case and named eight documents as production items of the case.