{"id":156554,"date":"2016-01-30T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T12:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=156554"},"modified":"2016-01-30T20:23:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:53:23","slug":"yoshitha-rajapaksa-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/yoshitha-rajapaksa-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshitha Rajapaksa Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148426\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/thajudeen-was-tortured-and-killed-grave-site-under-24-hour-police-protection\/yoshitha-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148426\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Yoshitha.jpg\" alt=\"Yoshitha\" width=\"144\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yoshitha<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The arrest follows several hours of questioning since morning by the FCID, over allegations of fraud at the Carlton Sports Network (CSN) channel.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Rajapaksa, Rohan Welivita, head of CSN and media secretary to Mahinda Rajapaksa and Nishantha Ranatunga, were also arrested by the CID. 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