Shashi on the run?

21 February 2015 04:31 am Views - 17460

Former minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Sashi Weerawansa who is alleged to have obtained diplomatic and general passports by submitting birth certificate with forged names and dates of birth, has reportedly fled her home according to the CID team assigned to arrest her said.

The special CID team which arrived at her residence in Kaduwela said they could not find her there. The team had also searched several other houses believed to be possible hideouts according to the police.

 At the meeting held in Nugegoda on February 18 Wimal Weerawansa questioned why the arrest of her wife was delaying and challenged that they were awaiting the police. A senior police officer said he might have said so knowing her wife’s plan to escape.

He said the police would however take Sashi Weerawansa into custody within the next few days.

Police said she had obtained a general  passport in May last year furnishing an application with the name of Sirja Uyanthi Weerawansa and date of birth as 01.02.1967 whereas she  has given the name as Randunu Mudiyanselage  Shehasa Udayanthi and the date of birth as 03.02.1971 in the application she submitted to obtain the diplomatic passport, police said.

Seven police teams have been deployed in  Kandy , Gampaha and Colombo to search and arrest Sashi Weerawansa  police said.(Indika Ramanayake)