Colombo, April 4 — The Colombo High Court today indicted Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forest Wickramasinghe in connection with a case filed under the Money Laundering Act.
The indictment stems from investigations into a joint bank account holding Rs. 59 million, reportedly maintained by both Yoshitha and Daisy Forest. The Attorney General filed formal charges in February this year, following years of inquiry by law enforcement authorities.
Both individuals were granted bail today, each on two sureties of Rs. 500,000.
The case dates back to investigations launched in 2016, during which police found that Yoshitha Rajapaksa failed to provide a satisfactory explanation regarding the origin of the funds in question. The money was reportedly held in fixed deposits and various accounts, including the joint account shared with Forest.
Based on the findings, the Attorney General instructed that Daisy Forest also be named as a suspect. As a result, both were charged under the Money Laundering Act before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court earlier this year.
The case will proceed under the jurisdiction of the Colombo High Court.
