The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has informed court that the Indian Government, through mutual legal assistance (MLA), reported that funds used by Krrish had been obtained through money laundering.
The commission recently recorded a statement from MP Namal Rajapaksa, who is in remand custody, as part of its investigation into an alleged Rs. 70 million bribe paid to him by former Krrish director Janaki Siriwardena.
According to the commission, the payment was allegedly made in three instalments in return for Rajapaksa’s assistance in securing a plot of land belonging to the Urban Development Authority in Colombo Fort for Krrish and expediting the related approvals.
Siriwardena was arrested by the commission on 24 September and remanded until 6 October after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
