Basil Rajapaksa indicted in Divi Neguma case
October 19, 2016 05:25 pm
The Attorney General today indicted former UPFA Minister Basil Rajapaksa and three others in connection with the case on alleged misappropriation of funds in the Divi Neguma Department, Ada Derana reporter said.
Indictments were filed against them at the Colombo High Court when the case was taken up for hearing before Judge U.A. Karunathilake.
Basil Rajapaksa and three others were arrested by the police on April 22, 2015. They were arrested on charges of alleged misappropriation of funds in the Divi Neguma Department, which came under the purview of the Economic Development Minister.
Basil Rajapaksa, who left the country for the US on 11 January, 2015 following the defeat of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January Presidential Election, arrived here on April 21, 2015.
