Former Litro Chief charged for stealing electricity

The Colombo Magistrate Court yesterday fixed for trial a case filed against former Chairman of Litro Gas Ltd, Shalila Munasinghe on charges of illegally obtaining electricity.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has lodged a complaint through the Welikada Police against Munasinghe for illegally obtaining electricity to his residence in Rajagiriya in 2014.

The police alleged that Munasinghe had illegally obtained electricity by tampering with an electricity meter in 2014, causing a financial loss to the CEB.

The Welikada police along with CEB had carried out a raid over a complaint that the suspect had tampered with an electricity meter in order to obtain electricity.

When the case was called before Colombo Additional Magistrate Buddhika Sri Raga, the accused Shalila Munasinghe was not present in Court. His Counsel informed the court that his client had been remanded by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court over a financial fraud case.