UPFA MP Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is being questioned by the Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in connection with the Rs 35 million loss allegedly incurred by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), during his tenure as Minister of Petroleum Industries.

Yapa was summoned to the SIU in the morning today. However, he informed that he is at a meeting in the morning and that he will arrive after the meeting, Police Media Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told ‘Asian Mirror’ a few hours ago.

Anura Priyadarshana Yapa is the Secretary General of the Sri Lanka freedom Party and also the Treasurer of United People’s Freedom Alliance. He was the last Minister of Petroleum Industries during the former government of Mahinda Rajapaksa.