Mohamed Hisham Jamaldeen, son of former Western Province Governor and former Colombo Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil, was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (02).Jamaldeen, 47, was arrested by Immigration and Emigration officials while he was preparing to board Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL-503 to London at around 1.45 p.m.The arrest was made in connection with a travel ban imposed on him as part of an investigation being conducted by the Colombo Financial and Fraud Investigation Division. He was handed over to the Katunayake Airport Police at around 3.20 p.m. and was later taken to the Colombo Central Crime Investigation Bureau at around 4.30 p.m. for further investigations.

The travel ban was reportedly imposed in connection with allegations that Jamaldeen, while holding himself out as a director of a company named Mulberry Holdings, was involved in an alleged fraud involving more than Rs. 30 million.