Gampaha Chief Magistrate Tikiri K. Jayathilake today banned the sale, the transfer or the alienation of a land and building used by former minister Basil Rajapaksa as an election office at Oruthota, Gampaha.

The order was issued to the Gampaha Lands Commissioner based on a request made by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID).

The FCID informed the Magistrate that the land had been bought by the D.A. Rajapaksa Foundation. (Tony Karunanayake)