The Defence Ministry planned to sell 41,000 tonnes of spent mortar shells as scrap brass! Imagine How many tonnes of Amunition on Tamils heads.!!!

Now, ‘commission’ on empty mortar shells

Kilo of brass to go for Rs. 150, half the market price – JVP...by Saman Indrajith

The Defence Ministry had planned to sell 41,000 tonnes of spent mortar shells as scrap brass to Singapore for Rs. 150 a kilo despite the normal market price being as high as Rs. 350 a kilo, Parliament was told yesterday.

JVP Kurunegala District MP Bimal Ratnayake said that there appeared to be a huge racket behind the deal.

"Traders who visit our houses to collect scrap metal pay at least Rs. 250 for one kilo of brass. But in this case, somebody must be making a massive commission. It seems at least Rs. 150 had been taken from the sale of one kilo of spent mortar shells by way of commission," Ratnayake said.

MP Ratnayke tabled a document which had details of the proposed deal.

He invited government ministers to get a copy of a document tabled from the Hansard Department and to read it so that they could understand how some politicians were making money.



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