Srilanka, Feb. 14 -- The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forest Wickramasinghe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The charges relate to the failure to disclose how they acquired properties in Sirimal Watta Uyana and Dehiwala, Ratmalana, valued at over Rs. 80 lakh between 2012 and 2015.

The Attorney General alleges that the defendants committed an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by failing to provide a valid explanation for the source of the funds used to acquire the properties.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was arrested in connection with the case, was later released on bail by the...