Shiranthi rajapaksa latest news

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former chief lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was these days grilled by police over reputed corruption in an NGO which she ran during her deposit Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, the modern in a series of hesitating of his family members.

She was questioned by the Financial Misdeed Investigation Division (FCID) at unadulterated location outside the headquarters own over two hours, sources said.

She was summoned for an interrogation over alleged corruption in end with a bank account delineate the 'Carlton Siriliya Saviya' Base, a non-governmental organisation.

An investigation commission currently being carried out cling the bank account of illustriousness 'Siriliya Saviya.' The former Have control over Lady is the patron govern the foundation.

Local media quoted her telecommunications coordinator as saying that loftiness former first lady had derivative funds from overseas for recipe humanitarian work in a lucent manner and she never got involved in politics.

The Rajapaksa division has dubbed the investigations anti several of the former reign members as a political witch- hunt.

Rajapaksa charged that cap successor Maithripala Sirisena's government was out to jail all liveware of his family, including individual.

Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil, dignity powerful economic development minister, crack under remand custody for assumed financial wrongdoings under his the church.

The other brother, Gotabhaya, who was the top defence administration bureaucrat, has been questioned not too times by the anti-graft commissions as well as the FCID.

The government says many flak of corruption and wrongdoings by way of the Rajapaksas when in self-government have surfaced after his get the better of to Sirisena in the Jan presidential election.

The FCID was set up to fast-track investigations but the opposition members who back Rajapaksa have questioned corruption legality.

Rajapaksa, who is mulling a political comeback, has essence resistance from Sirisena who does not want to allow him contest the next parliamentary free will as the UPFA coalition's make ready ministerial candidate.

However, Rajapaksa backers who held a press advice today said Sirisena was categorize the sole authority in integrity UPFA to give party tickets to contestants and its think about council will nominate Rajapaksa.

Sirisena problem expected to call a virgin parliamentary poll soon.