{"id":163397,"date":"2016-06-04T00:24:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=163397"},"modified":"2016-06-08T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:05:04","slug":"arjuna-mahendran-hunts-for-central-bank-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/arjuna-mahendran-hunts-for-central-bank-whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"Arjuna Mahendran Hunts For Central Bank Whistleblower"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor of the Central Bank, Arjuna Mahendran<\/span><\/a> is on the hunt for the Central Bank whistleblower who disclosed his credit card details to National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader, Wimal Weerawansa<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Colombo Telegraph reliably learns that ever since yesterday\u2019s revelation by Weerawansa about the high spending lifestyle of Mahendran, the Central Bank Governor has launched a hunt to find out who leaked the confidential information from the Bank’s Finance and Internal Audit Department about his expenses.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Weerawansa alleged that Mahendran had spent a staggering Rs. 14.5 million rupees in 2015 alone as personal expenses which have been paid by the Central Bank, an allegation rejected by Mahendran as \u2018baseless\u2019 and claimed that all his personal expenses were paid by him from a credit card issued to him by a private bank.<\/p>\n

But, Weerawansa citing a credit card statement issued to Mahendran from the Central Bank said that his food bill alone has been Rs. 3.6 million, while his hotel bill was Rs. 4.7 million from February to December 2015. \u201cIf you break the food bill for this period, he has eaten for more than Rs. 10,000 a day,\u201d Weerawansa told a news conference.<\/p>\n

Apart from the hotel and food bill, Mahendran has also spent Rs. 1.7 million last year for entertainment purposes. \u201cSo to eat he has spent Rs. 10,000 a day, and for his entertainment another Rs. 5000 a day,\u201d Weerawansa said.<\/p>\n

The cost incurred for Mahendran\u2019s inbound travelling alone during this period is said to be around Rs. 650,000. \u201cBasically when you look at the travelling cost, it seems like he was never at the Central Bank, because he was always out travelling,\u201d Weerawansa said.<\/p>\n

He also claimed that the Central Bank had paid Rs. 2.1 million for Mahendran\u2019s clothing bill which he had purchased overseas. \u201cI don\u2019t know if the clothes were made out of gold, but no Governor in the history of the Central Bank has ever wasted so much money as much as Mahendran has,\u201d Weerawansa said.<\/p>\n

Weerawansa added that everyone was talking about alleged robberies during the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, but everyone was now silent when daylight robberies such as these were taking place out in the open.<\/p>\n

The government is coming under increasing pressure to not extend Mahendran\u2019s term as Governor, which is scheduled to end later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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