120 billion rupees assets were last week confiscated belonging to tigers by the measures taken by the Criminal Investigation Unit. This would be shortly auctioned, and the finance acquired from this, would be transferred to treasury.
This information was catered by a senior official from the Criminal Investigation Unit. Meanwhile one billion rupees worth of bank accounts and properties belonging to tigers are now identified and shortly would be confiscated was said.
The properties confiscated by the government last week consist, apartments, printing press, houses, machinery, garment factories, and drift fishing boats including many million worth of bank accounts.
Official said, the impounded assets were confirmed by the government that these belongs to tigers. Communication equipment purchased by a non-governmental organization, a three stored housing complex purchased by a non-governmental organization, a printing press located at Kotahena, a land in Katunayake includes from the items impounded.
To utilize attack against the Katunayake airbase, tigers would have purchased this land said criminal investigation official.
Meanwhile many unclaimed or not able to identify the holders of bank accounts lying in banks are assumed belongs to tigers, are continuously monitored was further mentioned by the official.