UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa was remanded by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne till August 22 regarding two cases of money laundering.

He is accused of involvement in money laundering amounting to Rs 15 million in a consultancy firm, NR Corporation, and another 30 million in Gowers corporation, which is allegedly owned by him.

Another individual named sudarsha Bandara Ganegoda was also remanded regarding the NR Corporation case.

Rajapaksa was arrested earlier by the FCID.