‘Sirasa Maharaja’ in Colombo Fort land grabbing!
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Having a foolish notion that the ’Yaha Paalana’ government should govern the country according to what he says, Sirasa Media Network chief Raja Mahendran alias Killy Maharaja, is trying to takeover by force a very highly valuable plot of land maintained by City Hotel near the World Trade Centre in Colombo Fort.
The legal owner of this land is the UDA. With the UDA’s permission, City Hotel is maintaining and using it. However, with the new government taking over on January 09, Sirasa Maharaja has taken the powers of the president to his hands and is trying to grab this land.
After the City Hotel management complained to Fort police, both parties had been summoned for an inquiry. When police asked Maharaja as to how he could have a right on this land, he said the then housing minister Sirisena Cooray during the R. Premadasa regime had handed over the land to him through a letter. Maharaja only has this letter signed by Sirisena Cooray, not a legally-accepted deed.
The seriousness of this offence is that trespassing a state property is a criminal mischief and the offenders could be arrested without a warrant and non-bailable. However, Sirasa Maharaja is above the law. Fort police will hold a further inquiry on 23rd. Most probably the matter could be referred to the Fort magistrate, citing it as an instance of near breach of peace.
