Former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s son arrested by police on corruption expenses

Yoshitha Rajapaksa was already as soon as arrested over an alleged monetary offense in 2016. File
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by police on Saturday (January 25, 2025) on corruption expenses in a property buy case.

Ex-navy officer Yoshitha was arrested from their residence territory of Beliatta over the investigation of alleged misconduct within the buy of the property throughout the time period of his father’s presidency previous to 2015.

Mr. Yoshitha is the second amongst Mahinda Rajapaksa’s three sons.

His uncle and former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was additionally quizzed by the police final week on the identical property — a vacation residence within the southern spiritual resort of Kataragama.

The arrest got here as Mahinda Rajapaksa filed a elementary rights petition on Friday (January 24, 2025) within the Supreme Court docket looking for its intervention to reinstate his safety, which was considerably decreased by the federal government final month.

For the reason that formation of a brand new authorities led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in November final 12 months, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s eldest son and legislator Namal Rajapaksa was quizzed by the police over one other property case alongside an worker of Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The brand new authorities within the run-up to elections had vowed to arrest everybody accused of wrongdoing throughout Mahinda Rajapaksa’s presidency between 2005 and 2015.