COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son has been indicted in the High Court here for alleged misappropriation from an Indian investment prior to 2015.
Namal Rajapaksa, 38, had been arrested in June 2016 for the alleged misuse of 70 million Sri Lankan rupees from the Krish hotel project money to develop the game of rugby, for which he had been a Sri Lanka international player.
The Krish hotel project located in the heart of Colombo commercial district was aborted and the unfinished construction remains. Recently its unsafe status was questioned in another court for the danger posed to passersby.