Former Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa was indicted before the Colombo High Court this morning.

He was indicted for the case in which he is alleged to have misappropriated Rs. 29. 4 million state funds.

The former Economic Development Minister is allged to have use the funds to print almanacs with brother, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s face on it, during the last Presidential election, in 2015.