Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris, today, permitted the CID to peruse the records of 72 commercial banks and financial institutions in connection with the inquiry, conducted under the Money Laundering Act, into the actions of three of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's bodyguards -- Wanniarachchige Neville, Tissa Wimalasena and Gomin Ranasinghe.

Earlier, too, the CID had looked into into the bank records of the three bodyguards in connection with the money laundering inquiry. (Shehan Chamika)