The Gampaha Chief Magistrate today issued an order prohibiting the sale or transfer of a land plot with building located at Oruthota, Gampaha, which was used by former minister Basil Rajapaksa as an election office during the last presidential election.
The magistrate Tikiri K. Jayathilake issued the order to the Gampaha Lands Commissioner following a request made by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID). According to the FCID the land had been bought by the D.A. Rajapaksa Foundation.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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