The Treasury Bond Commission yesterday issued an order to former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran to hand over all his digital communication devices to the Criminal Investigation Department. Mahendran is to provide all mobiles, laptop computers used in 2015 and 2016.
ASG Yasantha Kodagoda said a digital forensic examination will be done on all the digital communication devices handed over to the CID by Mahendran. He also said at the Treasury Bond Commission yesterday that it is imperative for Mahendran to submit the devices, while pointing out that a number of mobile phones of several witnesses “have gone missing or destroyed.”
Kodagoda also pointed out that Perpetual Treasuries former CEO Arjun Aloysius has only handed over mobile phones which he has used for six months. He was ordered to had over all his digital communication devices used from 2015 to 2016.