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

The charges relate to their failure to disclose the source of funds used to acquire lands and properties in Sirimal Wattha Uyana Ratmalana and Dehiwala valued at over Rs. 80 million between 2012 and 2015.

The indictment alleges that the defendants committed an offence under the Act by failing to justify how the money was obtained. Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was previously arrested in connection with the case, was later released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate's Court.

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