The former Deputy Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has been arrested concerning investigations into a property in Kataragama linked to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family.
Former SLTB Deputy Chairman, L.A. Wimalaratne, was arrested by officials from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today.
Former Chairman of the Kataragama Pardeshiya Sabha, Ashoka Wickramasinghe, was the first person to be arrested by the CID in connection with fraud related to the said property. He was arrested on 09 April on charges of having allegedly prepared documents in connection with a house.
Earlier in January this year, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had also denied links to the property in Kataragama, which was found to be illegally constructed and linked to electricity bills under the name G. Rajapaksa.
The property in question is located on a reservation land near the Menik Ganga in Kataragama, consisting of a building with 12 rooms.
The CID launched a probe into the illegal construction of a building on Government land. The investigation initially commenced during the Yahapalana Government but was reportedly halted following Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election as President.
Investigations conducted so far have revealed that the property in question was constructed before 2010 and was built with the labour of a military group.
It is reported that a member of the Sri Lankan Navy, reportedly assigned to the security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa, had been occupying the building after the construction. (Newswire)
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