CID probes powerful minister* Colombo 07 

house grab 

By Hemantha Randunu-May 29, 2014

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a probe into a racket where a senior government minister (name withheld on legal advice) has fraudulently acquired a house in Colombo 7 by forging a deed. The property belongs to the son of a wealthy Tamil businessman called Nadaraja, who died a few years ago. The current owner of the house is a university lecturer residing in Jamaica.

The minister had grabbed the property on the pretext of taking it over for the use of a government institution, sources said. The CID received a complaint against him a few days ago. The minister and his aides had already stripped the house of invaluable goods including antiques, highly placed sources told The Island.