INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Daisy Forest, likewise referred to as Daisy Achchi, the maternal grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, was questioned by the Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) this morning in connection with examinations into a cash laundering case.Following questioning by the CID
today (05 ), she was apprehended and is scheduled to be produced before the Kaduwela Magistrates Court later on today.On February 14, the
Attorney General submitted indictments in the Colombo High Court against Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forest Wickremesinghe under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The charges connect to their failure to divulge the source of funds used to get lands and homes in
Sirimalwatta Uyana, Ratmalana, and Dehiwala, valued at over Rs
8 billion in overall, in between 2012 and 2015
Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was just recently jailed in connection with this case, was released on bail by the Colombo Magistrates
Court.Meanwhile, on February 11, the Kaduwela Magistrates Court enforced an abroad travel restriction on Daisy Forest over the ongoing
investigation.According to Sri Lanka Police, under the instructions from the Attorney General, Daisy Forest was named as a suspect in the
cash laundering case linked to a Rs
59 million joint account held by Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forest, for which Rajapaksa failed to provide a sensible explanation regarding
