Magistrate orders Police once more to arrest Basil on arrival

Magistrate orders Police once more to arrest Basil on arrival

The Magistrate of the magistrates courts Kaduwela, Dammika Hemapala on hearing the case against former Minister of economic

development Basil Rajapaksa for charges framed against him on huge misappropriation of government funds from the ‘Divi Neguma’ accounts under the administrative purview of the ministry of Economic development had ordered him to be arrested on arrival.

When the case was taken up for hearing the senior lawyer of Basil Rajapaksa U.R de Silva appearing on his behalf had conveyed to the Kaduwela Magistrate that the former Minister had proceeded to America for medical treatment and would return shortly.

These funds amounting to rupees million 70 had been misappropriated under the pretext of spending for the exhibitions of ‘divi neguma’ summit in the year 2006..He is also accused and is the main suspect in the amount of rupees 145 lakhs misappropriated for repairing 04 numbers Mihin Air aircrafts and many other frauds committed in the year 2008 as revealed by the Financial Frauds Investigation unit on investigations concluded. The case had been filed by the FFIU in the courts.