Showing posts with label Salaka Casino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salaka Casino. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

Sudarma and Hula's love affair




There were reports in the media that a person known as ‘Hula’ connected with national security was responsible for the disbanding of Colombo Organized Crimes Division that raided an illegal gambling den near Colombo Town Hall on 4th November.

It is reported that Hula is having a affair with Sudharma Neththikumara and Sudharma had taken over Hula's powers and started to issue directives at the police.

Gamini Neththikumara, the Senkada (Salaka) group owner has given interview to a weekend paper regarding his wife Sudharma Neththikumara's behaving and connection with Casino and Hula.

Even STF has been around and giving security to HULA when he is having fun with Sudharma according Gamini.

Blinded by Hula’s love and power, Sudharma had even threatened her two children not to interfere in her private life. Gamini Neththikumara had got the two children to lodge complaints with the National Child Protection Authority. The complaint faced the same fate as the complaint lodged with the Cinnamon Gardens Police. Lover Hula had ensured that that none of the complaints were investigated.

Well known businessman Gamini Neththikumara had informed the President and the Defence Secretary of the situation. The President had told the Defence Secretary to look into the matter and bring a settlement among the two parties.

According some articles Hula is the Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalle. But a newspaper inquired regarding this, has said he is not the ‘Hula’ the media was talking about.

When asked whether he was responsible for the disbanding of Colombo Organized Crimes Division Mr. Hulugalle has said he was not involved in the move. He was not a person connected with casino or gambling and had asked the journalist to inquire from the police media spokesman as he was the best person to get the information.

The journalist had said the media had stated that a stalwart at Media Center for National Security known as ‘Hula’ was behind the move and Mr. Hulugalle has responded saying his name was not ‘Hula’ but Lakshman Hulugalle and had added that he had a good name. When the journalist asked whether he had any connection with Ms. Sudharma Neththikumara, Mr. Hulugalle has strongly denied any connection with her and had said Sudharma Neththikumara was not involved in the case. He had said even the building where the illegal gambling den was maintained did not belong to her. He has said he or Sudharma Neththikumara was not involved in the illegal gambling incident.

Read the Full interview given by Mr. Gamini Neththikumara

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Salaka Casino Raided again



The 'Salaka Club' racino located at a building in Union Place, Colombo has been raided last night (Nov. 19).

Ten persons who were gambling while the raid took place were arrested and released on police bail last night, reports add.

Sources from Police headquarters say that they were ordered to appear before Fort magistrate on Nov. 25.

A racino is a combined race track and casino and the  'Salaka Club' was initially raided by the organized crime investigation unit of the police on Nov. 04.

After being closed for several days, it was re-opened recently.

At the present, 23 organized crime investigation unit of the police officers involved in the initial raid have received immediate transfers.

Yesterday's raid by the Slave Island police has taken place after police received a tipoff on this. 
Nine staff members including the manager of the place was arrested and a sum of around Rs. 100,000 used for gambling was seized by police.

According to reports, the place is being conducted by a businesswoman named 'Vajira' who has political might and backing of a Defence Ministry bigwig.

However, speaking to media over the weekend the Director General of Media Centre for National Security - Lakshman Hulugalla said that neither him nor Sudharma Neththikumara were connected to this issue.

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Salaka casino reopened



The ‘Salaka Regino’ casino that was raided by the organized crime investigation unit of the police on November 04 has been reopened, reports say.

It has been reopened on November 11 , closed on 12 and opened again yesterday (13).

Despite the said casino being raided often by police, reopening it each time has become a normal incident.

Responding to an inquiry made by ' Sri Lanka Mirror' regarding the ownership of the casino a senior police officer stated that it is owned by the wife of the famous businessman Lucky Neththikumara , Vajira Neththikumara.
(One of Vajira and Lucky's daughters is married to S.B Dissanayake's son and the other daughter is married to former Minister Festus Perera's son Niroshan Perera.)

He further revealed that the casino is reopened every time its raided as an individual related to national security is backing them.

He rejected the rumor that a wife of a minister owns the casino.

During the raid, 43 persons, including several top Army officials had been arrested.

However, even before 24 hours passed following the raid 23 police officers attached to organized crime investigation unit who were involved in the raid have been transferred with immediate effect as a government bigwig is involved in it, said the Chairman of the UNP leadership council, Karu Jayasuriya in a statement released.

source : SLM

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Minister’s wife behind Salaka casino ?



The ‘Salaka Regino’ casino that was raided by the organized crime investigation unit of the police on November 04 had been run by the wives of a government minister and a leading businessman, internal police sources say.

According to the sources, the casino had operated in the Town Hall area without any disruption on the protection of a top official of the Defence Ministry.

The minister in question had sent to his sister-in-law in Italy part of the millions of rupees his ministry had received through tenders and contracts, and had got her to invest the same money under her name in the casino.

However, the minister’s wife got into a dispute with the businessman’s wife and the latter had taken over the management of the place.

She had even refused to return the money invested by the minister’s sister-in-law on the strength of her connection with the top defence ministry official.

The minister had then tipped off the police regarding the casino, and during the raid, 43 persons, including several top Army officials had been arrested.

However, barely 24 hours later, the 23 policemen who had been in the raiding party, had been given immediate transfers on the influence of a top official of the government, said UNP leadership council chairman Karu Jayasuriya in a statement.

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