The Attorney General has tendered an extradition request on former Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to Defence and Foreign ministries for authentication and transmission to the Government of Singapore.
Mahendran is the first accused in the case filed over the Central Bank Treasury Bond Scam.
The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar on the 9 of August issued a warrant for the arrest of Mahendran.
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court had issued a blue notice and a red notice to the Interpol for his arrest in March.
The President Maithripala Sirisena on 6th March said he had spoken to the Prime Minister of Singapore with regard to the arrest of Mahendran who is a Singaporean national.
However, according to news reports the Singaporean government has not made an official response regarding the arrest and extradition of Mahendran to Sri Lanka in order to face charges on the bond scam.
