Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of the former President Mahindra Rajapaksa, was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court a short while ago today (27).
Accordingly, Yoshitha Rajapaksa has now been brought to court by prison officials.
A group of state counsels, including Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, is appearing on behalf of the plaintiff in this case.
Last week (25 Jan), Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by CID officers in the Beliatta area and produced before Aluthkade No. 5 Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeevani.
He was then remanded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act until January 27 after being produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate.
Rajapaksa was arrested following a statement he had made at the CID when he was summoned earlier that week, upon which the Attorney General notified the CID on January 23, stating there was sufficient evidence for Yoshitha Rajapaksa to be named as a respondent in a land case valued at Rs. 34 million.
