Rakitha Rajapakshe’s bank accounts suspended amid bribery probe

Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, Newswire, Newsfirst, Sri Lanka Mirror and Ada Derana report that several bank accounts belonging to Rakitha Rajapakshe have been suspended or frozen. Lankadeepa and Newswire identify him as the son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe; Lankadeepa also describes him as a lawyer.

Newswire reports that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption took the action under the Proceeds of Crime Act, No. 5 of 2025, and that luxury vehicles belonging to Rajapakshe were also frozen. Newsfirst says the measure was taken under legislation concerning proceeds from criminal activity. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that CIABOC said notice of the suspension had been delivered, while Newswire says commission officials visited Rajapakshe’s home in Nawala on the 29th to deliver an official notice.

Newswire says a senior commission official confirmed the asset freeze and describes the investigation as concerning allegations that Rs. 120 million was demanded and obtained from the wife of an organised criminal in return for assistance to that criminal. Newswire also reports that CIABOC had earlier presented information about the alleged bribery incident to the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Newswire reports that Rajapakshe was named as the first suspect in the case, with Charitha Abeysinghe and Waruna Handige Aruna Chathuranga named as the second and third suspects.