Former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has been summoned before the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry into large scale Corruption and Fraud.

According to secretary of the presidential commission Lacille de Silva, Gotabhaya Rajapaks arrived at the commission at around 10 am. News 1st contacted the secretary at around 11.30 am and he noted that the former Defense Secretary was still being questioned.

De Silva noted that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was summoned before the commission to inquire into the deployment of nearly Five Hundred (500) Rakna Lanka employees for various activities during the January Presidential Election. He went on to note that several other activities of the organization are also under scrutiny.

The secretary of the commission Lacille de Silva added that investigations into the activities of Rakna Lanka have reached its final stage and that on earlier occasions high ranking officials of Rakna Lanka were questioned by the commission.

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