Another person has been arrested and remanded in connection with the case filed over the alleged forging of documents by the Registrar of the Fort Magistrate’s Court.
Accordingly, the suspect was remanded until 18 October on orders of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, when the plaint was taken up in court this morning.
The Registrar of the Fort Magistrate’s Court was placed under remand custody until 25 October, after being arrested on 13 October over several allegations including forging documents.
She had allegedly forged documents indicating that a suspect’s foreign travel ban was lifted by the court. Reportedly, the counterfeit documents had directed the Controller General of Immigration & Emigration to permit the suspect to travel overseas.
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage had lodged a complaint with the CID against the Registrar in question.
