{"id":37532,"date":"2015-01-19T23:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T04:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37532"},"modified":"2015-01-19T23:26:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T04:26:46","slug":"namal-rajapaksa-complains-of-being-harassed-as-police-raid-mahinda-rajapaksas-carltonresidence-in-tangalle-looking-for-a-lamborghini-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37532","title":{"rendered":"Namal Rajapaksa Complains of being Harassed as Police Raid Mahinda Rajapaksa’s “Carlton”Residence in Tangalle Looking for a Lamborghini car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Embattled former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s country home in the southern province has been raided by police who were looking for a luxury sports car but the search drew a blank.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car,\u201d said Namal Rajapaksa, the former president\u2019s elder son and a parliamentarian.<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said the search was done on a court warrant but it drew a blank.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been harassing us by searching not only our own houses but those of our friends. We can\u2019t visit homes of our associates because they get their places searched,\u201d Namal said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He said the police complaint was based on false information that they were hiding a sea plane and tyres of racing cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll they found was a pedal boat used by pre-school children,\u201d Namal said.<\/p>\n

The search of Rajapaksa\u2019s country home comes days after police launched a probe into allegations that his younger brother Gotabhaya ran \u201cdeath squads\u201d and ordered the murder of a high-profile newspaper editor.<\/p>\n

Basil Rajapaksa, the other brother of Rajapaksa and the former economic development minister, has also been accused of being involved in a number of shady deals.<\/p>\n

Since Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s defeat to Maithripala Sirisena in the January 8 election, the state media have been showing visuals of the Rajapaksa family\u2019s extravagant life styles.<\/p>\n

The visuals of air-conditioned toilets with digital video screens fixed at the official Temple Trees residence have been aired on state television.<\/p>\n

During the run up to the polls, the then opposition accused Rajapaksa\u2019s sons of owning helicopters, expensive horses from royal stables in the UK and expensive racing cars.<\/p>\n

Information on alleged properties of the Rajapaksa family is being regularly given to police since the advent of Sirisena-led new government.<\/p>\n

Mahinda Rajapaksa ruled since 2005 and is credited with ending the LTTE separatist war.<\/p>\n

His effort to win an unprecedented third term ended in a disaster with Sirisena, a defector from his own party, toppling him with support from joint opposition, ending a ten-year rule.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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Embattled former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s country home in the southern province has been raided by police who were looking for a luxury sports car but the search drew a blank. \u201cThey raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car,\u201d said Namal Rajapaksa, the former president\u2019s elder son and a parliamentarian. …<\/p>\n

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