The Attorney General has handed over a dossier of legal documents to the Justice Ministry and the Foreign Ministry to be sent to Singapore government pertaining to Sri Lanka’s request for the extradition of former Governor of the Central Bank,Arjuna Mahendran in connection with the bond scams.

The coordinating officer to the AG, senior state counsel Nishara Jayaratne said each dossier contained about 21,000 pages.

The Permanent High Court, hearing the bond scam case, issued a warrant for the arrest of Mahendran, who is a citizen of Singapore.

Mahendran is charged with causing a loss of Rs. 680 million to the state as a result of the bond scams.

Mahendran appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing bond scams and left the country. The government was unable to make him return.

Jayaratne said that under extradition laws, before seeking extradition of a person, the country, making the request had to fulfil certain conditions and after doing so the request had to be formally made by the Foreign Ministry and the Justice Ministry of the country making the request.

She said after Mahendran and the other suspects had been indicted in the Permanent High Court on July 28, warrants were issued for his arrest.

The AG had fulfilled the conditions required for the extradition of the suspect, she added.

The earlier warrant issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate for the arrest of Mahendran and the red notice obtained from Interpol by Sri Lanka police were also among the documents that would be sent to Singapore, Jayaratne said.