As One Rajapaksa Tries to Flee to the US, Efforts on to Keep the Family in Sri Lanka indiawest.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiawest.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan immigration officials said on Tuesday they prevented the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country, as anger mounted against the powerful family for a debilitating economic crisis.
Basil, a US passport holder, resigned as finance minister in early April as street protests intensified against shortages of fuel, food and other necessities and quit his seat in parliament in June.