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Former Sri Lankan First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa Arrested for Fraud
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News18•07-10-2026, 12:45
Former Sri Lankan First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa Arrested for Fraud
- •Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was arrested by anti-corruption officials at her Colombo residence.
- •The arrest is linked to allegations that she misused LKR 10 million obtained from a state bank for her NGO, Siriliya Saviya.
- •The 73-year-old had just returned from Singapore following medical treatment when the arrest took place.
- •Her arrest follows ongoing investigations by the Financial Crimes Division into the Siriliya Saviya foundation, which she led during her husband's presidency.
- •Her elder son, Namal Rajapaksa, is currently being held in a Colombo remand prison in connection with separate bribery cases.
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Shiranthi Rajapaksa was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over allegations that she obtained LKR 10 million from a state bank and misused it through her NGO, the Siriliya Saviya foundation.
Officers from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) arrested her at her residence in Polhengoda, an eastern suburb of Colombo.
Her elder son, Namal Rajapaksa, has been held in the Colombo Remand Prison since September 4 in connection with two different cases of alleged bribery.
