Nine individuals have been arrested over the abduction of CEO of Wadduwa "Serene Pavilions" hotel, reports say.
The arrests were made yesterday (11).
Initial
reports cited that the CEO of the "Serene Pavilions" hotel - Anura
Lokuhetty was abducted by a group that had come in a "white van" and had
later abandoned him near Bandaragama area.
Reports
further say that an assaulted Mr. Lokuhetty has been hospitalized due
to injuries, and that the white van said to have been used in the
abduction, is currently under Police custody.
According
to reports, the reason behind this abduction is said to be a dispute
that had broken out between Mr. Lokuhetty and the other members of the
Director Board: Jit Warnakulasuriya, Sumith Guruge, and Sir Clive Leech.
Speaking
over the matter, Mr. Warnakulasuriya said that
due to various misdeeds and irregularities, the rest of the Director
Board who owns 70% of the shares in the company had decided to remove
Mr. Lokuhetty from his post of CEO and also from the membership of the
Director Board.
He also said that even a court order has backed this decision.
He also said that even a court order has backed this decision.
The
rest of the Director Board has decided to transfer the management of
the "Serene Pavilions" villa to the Citrus Leisure Group, Mr.
Warnakulasuriya said.
Speaking further,
he said that had gone to the hotel yesterday morning (11) along with Mr.
Guruge, few members of the Citrus hotel group and several security
officers to brief the staff about the management change.
However,
while on his way back to Colombo he learnt that several persons
including Citrus employees have been arrested by the Police.
Mr.
Dilith Jayaweera of the Triad Advertising (Pvt) Ltd. and Ms. Waruni
Fernando, the daughter of Minister Sarath Amunugama, are also acting as
members of the Director Board of the Citrus Leisure Group.
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