EX AGRARIAN OFFICER FINED RS. 27 MILLION

AOn the first charge of misappropriation of State funds amounting to Rs 44,098,877, a fine of Rs 14,128,547, and on the second charge of misappropriation of State funds amounting to Rs 4,709,515, a fine of Rs 13,496,632 was imposed

be imposed a jail sentence of one year based on six months each for the two charges. In addition, he was imposed a jail sentence of two years one year each for each of the two convictions.

The accused in this case is Hettigamage Amarasena, a former Agrarian Services Development officer attached to the Ampara Namalthalawa Agrarian Services Centre.

The accused is a resident of Kaluaggala, Hanwella. It was revealed during the hearing that the accused had committed this crime during the period January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005, and from January 1, 2006 to November 2006. As the accused had pleaded guilty at the beginning and avoided wasting the time of the Court in sittings, and considering his age and the fact that he had undergone a heart surgery in 2014, and as he had a clean past record, the High Court Judge said that he had imposed this sentence. former Agrarian Services Development officer who pleaded guilty before the Courts for misappropriation of Rs. 9,208,392 issued to him by the government for the purchase of paddy from the farmers was imposed a fine of Rs. 27,625,179 yesterday by Ampara High Court Judge Sumudu Premachandra.

The fine was imposed on two counts of charges filed against the accused in Court. Accordingly, on the first charge of misappropriation of State funds amounting to Rs 44,098,877, a fine of Rs 14,128,547, and on the second charge of misappropriation of State funds amounting to Rs 4,709,515, a fine of Rs 13,496,632 was imposed.

The accused was imposed a fine amounting to three times the amount he had misappropriated. In the event of nonpayment of the fine, the accused would

Considering his age and the fact that he had undergone a heart surgery in 2014, and as he had a clean past record, the High Court Judge said that he had imposed this sentence