The petitioner is seeking an order to recover compensation funds allegedly paid unlawfully to former Ministers and MPs whose residences were set on fire during the Aragalaya protest.
The petitioner’s attorneys were instructed to serve notices on the following respondents: former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa; former Defence Secretary Major General ,Kamal Gunaratne; former IGP C.D. Wickramaratne; former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Nishantha Ulugetenne; former Ministers of Public Security Prasanna Ranatunga and Tiran Alles; and former Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security Jagath Alwis.
The FR petition was filed by environmental lawyer Dr. Ravindranath Dabare.