Police Media Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said that police will be seeking a court order to bring down former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa to Sri Lanka in order to question him over alleged financial fraud in the Divi Naguma Department.

ASP Gunasekara stated this a short while ago at a press briefing.

Rajapaksa and his wife Pushpa Rajapaksa left for United States, days after the presidential election in January. However, Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva recently said that Rajapaksa was rumored to be in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Former secretary to the Ministry of Economic Development, Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka and former director of Divi Neguma Project R.K. Ranawaka were questioned by Police Financial Fraud Investigation Unit recently, over alleged financial irregularities in the Divi Neguma Department.

Meanwhile, a Foundation run by Rajapaksa’s wife Pushpa Rajapaksa is also under investigation