Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on Could 22, 2026 – 1:00 pm
Basil Rajapaksa
Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been issued an arrest warrant by the Matara Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom after repeatedly failing to seem earlier than court docket in reference to the Brown Hill land case.
The warrant was issued right this moment (Could 22) when the case was taken up earlier than Matara Chief Justice of the Peace Chaturanga Eranga Dissanayake.
The case was filed by the Police Monetary Crimes Investigation Division over the acquisition of a one-and-a-half-acre land situated at Brown’s Hill on Eliyakanda Highway in Matara. The case alleges that the land was bought utilizing misappropriated funds.
Legal professionals showing on behalf of Basil Rajapaksa submitted medical studies and knowledgeable court docket that he’s presently abroad receiving remedy for an sickness, making him unable to seem earlier than court docket.
Nonetheless, after contemplating the submissions and noting that Rajapaksa had repeatedly failed to seem earlier than court docket, the Justice of the Peace rejected the request and ordered {that a} warrant be issued for his arrest.
The case has additionally been filed in opposition to a number of others, together with Rajapaksa’s spouse’s sister Ayoma Galappaththi and her husband Tissa Galappaththi.
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