A Panadura Magistrate’s Court officer responsible for handling fiscal and summons-related duties has left Sri Lanka for Thailand amid an investigation into two missing case files, police said.
The missing files are linked to organised crime and drug trafficking suspect Salindu Malsitha Gunaratne, alias “Kudu Salindu.”
The court registrar lodged a complaint with Panadura South Headquarters Police on Sept. 1, following which the Panadura Division Crime Investigation Bureau began an inquiry.
Police found that the officer had travelled to Thailand on Sept. 2, a day after the complaint was made.
The missing files concern a murder case allegedly carried out on the instructions of Kudu Salindu in the Panadura North area and a separate money laundering case filed by the Criminal Investigation Department. (Newswire)
