Basil Rajapaksa acquitted from the ‘Divineguma Lith’ case

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Basil Rajapaksa and then Director General of the Divineguma Development Department Kithsiri Ranawaka have been acquitted in a case filed during the 2015 Presidential Election regarding the distribution of 50 lakhs of calenders(Lith) bearing the portrait of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a cost of Rs. 29,400,000 – with money belonging to the Divineguma Development Department.

Colombo High Court Judge Damitha Thotawatte handed down the verdict today (01).

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