Sri Lanka, Feb. 14 -- The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forrest Wickremesinghe under the Money Laundering Act.

The Attorney General has filed the indictments against these defendants for failing to disclose how they acquired lands and properties at Sirimalwatta Uyana in Ratmalana and Dehiwala areas valued at over Rs. 8 billion between 2012 and 2015.

The Attorney General has filed these indictments alleging that they have committed an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by failing to disclose how the money was acquired.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was recently arrested in connection ...