The greatest actor in Sinhala Cinema Gamini Fonseka had filed a defamatory action in Hambantota District Court against People's Bank and a bank manager claiming Rs.300 million with legal interest for alleged unlawful disclosure of bank loan details to the Ravaya Newspaper Editor.
The film star had alleged that Ravaya Newspaper had published an article with the meaning that Gamini Fonseka had defaulted a payment of Rs.2.5 million which he owes to a bank despite there being a settlement for the said loan facilities.
Late Gamini Fonseka had served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Sanasuma Holiday Resorts (Ltd) and maintained and operated three bank accounts in the Tissamaharama branch of People’s Bank