Four bank accounts and two luxury motor vehicles belonging to Rakhitha Rajapaksa, son of former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, have been frozen by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).Rakhitha Rajapaksa, Charith Abeysinghe and another individual were arrested by CIABOC in connection with an alleged incident in which a bribe of Rs. 120 million was obtained from the wife of an alleged major drug trafficker known as “Harak Kata”.

The alleged bribe was intended to secure his release from detention under detention orders while he was being held by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and his transfer to a secure prison.The three individuals were remanded after being produced before court.They were subsequently released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. Thereafter, CIABOC launched an investigation into their assets under the law relating to the recovery of proceeds of crime.The investigation was initiated because the authorities had been unable to trace the alleged bribe of Rs. 120 million.Accordingly, four bank accounts and two luxury motor vehicles reportedly belonging to Rakhitha Rajapaksa have been frozen by CIABOC officers.

Sources at the commission said that the bank accounts contained approximately Rs. 40 million.

Investigating officers visited the residential complex in rajagiriya where Rakhitha Rajapaksa resides on several occasions to notify him verbally of the freezing order. However, he was not present at the premises.

CIABOC subsequently informed his wife of