A family member of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested by the country's anti-graft body on Friday (June 27, 2025), officials said.
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Nishantha Wickramasingha, the brother-in-law of Rajapaksa, was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with an investigation into irregularities in aircraft procurement deals during his tenure as SriLankan Airlines Chairman, the commission said in a statement.
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He was subsequently produced before a magistrate court in Colombo.
