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MR accuses govt. of witch-hunt, expresses faith in judiciary
by Norman Palihawadane
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said he had faith in the judiciary although the government was on a political witchhunt.
Rajapaksa said he had visited his second son Yoshitha, who is now in remand custody. Yoshitha was ordered to be remanded till Monday (27) after being produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate on Saturday (25).
He was arrested by CID officers in the Beliatta area on Saturday and produced before Aluthkade No. 5 Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeevani on Saturday.
The arrest was made after the Attorney General notified the CID on January 23, that there was sufficient evidence for Yoshitha Rajapaksa to be named as a respondent in a land case.
The case involves Yoshitha’s grandmother Daisy Forrest Wickremesinghe, at Sirimal Pedesa, in Ratmalana.