Details of Mervyn’s largest land grab revealed
Monday, 14 May 2012
It is learnt that he has grabbed an 85 perch land in the middle of the Kiribathgoda Town through a forged deed.
Mervyn had been assisted by Wimal Attanayake alias Mirigama Wimale, Deputy Chairman of the Negombo Urban Council, Ajith Basnayake and one of his lackeys, Tharanga Naveen Weerakoon in this land grab.
The land that has been forcibly acquired by this group had previously belonged to one Cabraal.
A two storey shop building has been built on this land and a shop on the top floor has been sold at Rs. 2.2 million and one on the ground floor at Rs. 2.4 million, it is learnt.
The owner according to the deed is a friend of Mervyn, one Kadugannawa Buvawatte Gedara Wimal Attanayake from 51/1, Pohonnaruwa, Mirigama.
The land has been given to one of the Negombo Urban Council Deputy Chairman, Ajith Basnayake’s friends Tharanga Naveen Weerakoon through a sale.
Details of the forged land deed are known by Attorney U.A. Premasundera from Maithri Mawatha, in Waragoda, Kelaniya.
Wimal Attanayake alias Mirigama Wimale has been accused of killing his wife.
The land is currently located as part of the Kiribathgoda Police and the stream that flows near the shop building had earlier flown close to the police.
The stream had been diverted in another direction under the guidance of the late Sripathi Sooriyarachchi.
The entire extent of the land had been acquired by the government in the 1990s through Jinadasa Nanadasena’s intervention.
Since there were several farmers who had claimed ownership to the land apart from Cabraal the compensation monies amounting to Rs. 9.4 million allocated by the government it is learnt is still in the divisional secretary’s office.
The delay in giving the monies to Cabraal is due to the legal dispute over the ownership of the land.
However, according to the deed that has been forged by Mervyn, the date of the deed goes back to 1973.
We will reveal in future that manner in which a shop building was built on this land and sold by Mervyn and his lackeys.
