Two cases filed against Shashi Weerawansa, the wife of National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa over an incident where Mrs. Weerawansa had fraudulently obtained two passports including a diplomatic passport by submitting forged documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration were yesterday fixed for further trial by Colombo Chief Magistrate.
Accordingly, the cases were fixed for further trial on December 7 by Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara.
Witness Prasath Rajendra Perera an officer attached to the Department of Registration of Persons yesterday concluded giving evidence regarding the incident.
At a previous occasion, in his evidence an Assistant Commissioner attached to the Department of Registration of Persons had informed Court that Shashi Weerawansa had applied for a National Identity Card (NIC) in the year of 2010 as a person who applying for the first time.
He said the accused had submitted her application for a NIC at the age of 39 as a person who never obtained.
The CID had filed two charge sheets against Shashi Weerawansa that she had fraudulently obtained two passports including a diplomatic passport by submitting forged documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
The witness had earlier informed Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara that an article published on Ravaya newspaper had revealed the accused had possessed two identity cards by two different numbers indicating that she born in 1967 and 1971.
On a previous occasion, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) filed a charge sheet against Shashi Weerawansa under two counts.
Shashi Weerawansa was arrested on February, 2015 over the charge of obtaining diplomatic and general passports illegally. She had allegedly submitted birth certificate with forged names and dates of birth to obtain those passports. She is currently out on bail.
Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, Chief Inspector Jayantha and Police Constable Ganegedara of CID prosecuted. President’s Counsel Anil de Silva with Jayantha Weerasinghe PC appeared for the accused.
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