2 more luxury houses of Yoshitha found

More assets running up to billions of rupees, owned by former President's son - Yoshitha Rajapaksa, have been revealed, reports say.

Upon investigations carried out on a search-warrant no. 828/16 issued by Mt. Lavinia Magistrate's Court, a four storied house and a two storied house at 173/2 on Mihindu Mawatha at Dehiwela reportedly owned by Yoshitha has been found. It has been revealed that Rs. 49020000 was spent to buy the land to construct the buildings. When buying the land, a 5-perch land belonging to the Mt. Lavinia Multi Purpose Cooperative Society too had been bought at a cost of Rs.4.5 million, the website adds. The two houses are both luxury residences and the it is said that an underground chamber had been built at the four storied house. Although a final valuation on the assets has not been made, it is assumed that the value of the assets could be over Rs.1000 million. Out of the complete 65-perch plot of land, a 37-perch area is said to be under Yoshitha Rajapaksa's name. 28 perches is said to be owned by an old lady residing at 260/12, Torrington Avenue, Colombo 5 but there is no such individual living at the address. owever, it has been revealed that this land had been bought by an unmarried aunt of Shiranthi Rajapaksa in 2013 before being handed over to Yoshitha Rajapaksa.