The Colombo Fort Magistrate has issued an arrest warrant for Dhanuna Tilekaratne, son-in-law of retired General Sarath Fonseka over the alleged Hicorp transaction. At a media briefing today the police spokesperson SSP Jayakody said that Criminal Investigation Department ( CID) this morning had opened the safety lockers of Dhanuna Thilakaratne’s mother, Asoka Tillkeratne in her presence and reportedly found over five lakhs US dollars , 100 sterling pound and 15 million Sri Lankan rupees as well. The financial intelligence unit of the bank has been asked to investigate as to how such a large amount of foreign currency was transacted.<br/>Dhanuna Tillkeratne, the General’s son-in-law, has been accused of indulging in arms deals through Hicorp company allegedly belonging to him in Oklahoma in the USA. Reportedly his company is said to have supplied arms, ammunition and several other items to the Sri Lanka Army while General Fonseka was its commander.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that exactly a week after his detention by the military on myriad charges, on Monday the Colombo Fort Magistrate issued an arrest warrant for Dhanuna Tilekaratne, son-in-law of retired General Sarath Fonseka over the alleged Hicorp transaction. The CID this morning had opened the safety lockers of Dhanuna Thilakaratne’s mother, in her presence and reportedly found over 5,27,000 US dollars, 100 sterling pound and 15 million Sri Lankan rupees as well.<br/> The financial intelligence unit of the bank has been asked to investigate as to how such a large amount of foreign currency was transacted. The General’s son-in-law has been accused of indulging in arms deals through Hicorp Company allegedly belonging to him in Oklahoma in the USA. Reportedly his company is said to have supplied arms, ammunition and several other items to the Sri Lanka Army while General Fonseka was its commander.<br/> One of the charges against the former Army Chief is that he had favoured the firm of his son-in-law in awarding a tender though it was the highest bidder. Separately, at least two school children were killed and six others injured following an accidental explosion in Jaffna near a college. According to the police, the students had picked up a ball like object from the road and had later thrown it away after being suspicious. Jaffna police is conducting further investigation into the matter.