The government has taken all necessary measures to bring back former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to stand trial over the Central Bank Bond Scam, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jatissa said. 

Addressing the post-Cabinet media briefing today, he said the authorities were facing some legal issues in bringing back Arjuna Mahendran to Sri Lanka.

Stating that the government was taking all measures to extradite him to Sri Lanka, Minister Jayatissa assured that the case against him would continue in his presence or absence. 

He added that, however, the government was continuously taking steps regarding bringing back Arjuna Mahendran to Sri Lanka.

Claiming that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe had previously said in Parliament that Arjuna Mahendran had left the country stating he was going to attend a wedding in Singapore, the minister said it was also the former President’s duty to ensure Mahendran’s return. 

Minister Nalinda Jayatissa made the remarks in response to questions raised by the media on the government’s actions regarding Arjuna Mahendran, pointing out that this February marks 10 years since the Central Bank Bond Scam. (Newswire)

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The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to appear in court on 25 February 2025.

The court issued the order pertaining to the case related to the investigations into the 2015 Central Bank Bond Scam. 

The case had been filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. 

A presidential commission of inquiry found that former CBSL Governor Arjuna Mahendran had interfered in a bond auction and had leaked inside information to help Perpetual Treasuries, owned by his son-in-law Arjun Aloysius, to make billions of rupees in profits.

Despite the findings, the legal process could not proceed after Mahendran, a Singapore citizen, failed to appear before the courts after he left the country under the pretext of attending a wedding. (Newswire)

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