The Attorney General today filed indictment in Colombo High Court against Pivithuru Hela Urumaya General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila over financial fraud regarding a company owned by an Australian Brian Shaddick.

He is accused of cheating Rs 20 million when he sold shares of the company to an individual named Dammika Perera.

Furthermore, Gammanpila is also accused of misappropriation of Rs 21 million in dealing with shares of the same company.

The other accused in the case, Sydney Jayasinghe, is charged for aiding and abetting to commit the second offense.

Gammanpila was arrested by police Special Investigations Unit in June this year over the alleged fraud which is said to have occurred between 1997 to 2000.