The leasing company has filed a case in the Supreme Court that the Indian national Raju Radha is illegally occupying and using this building through a Malaysian company, Asia Capital PLC.
This nine-storey building initially belonging to Green Lanka has been mortgaged by its owners to Mercantile Investments, a leasing company located in Kollupitiya. A ministry-level inquiry is also to be launched in this regard, reports add.Īccording to reports, a retired Senior Superintendent of Police by the name Bandula, has been tasked with the building’s security by Mr. However, reports say that the police chief had acted in favour of Mr. Police later said that 23 people who were arrested for trespassing the building were released. Officials of Mercantile Investments – the company currently owning the building, have also given statements to the police. Subsequently, the Kompanna Vidiya police had entered the building, removed the trespassers and recorded statements. This was followed by a group of nearly 50 people entering the same floors around 1.00 am yesterday.
The first group of around 12 persons had entered the building around 10.45 pm last Saturday, and entered the sixth and seventh floors of the building where the Indian businessman is residing. The building is said to have been forcibly occupied by Indian businessman Raju Radha for some time now. A group of around 50 people have reportedly tried to take over the Green Lanka building at Navam Mawatha in Colombo 02, after gradually entering the building since Saturday night (03).
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