Piumi Hansamali files writ petition against CID investigations

Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror)- Sri Lankan model Piumi Hansamali has filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal challenging the legality of the investigations conducted by the CID's Illegal Assets Investigations Division regarding the alleged suspicious acquisition of property.

Through her petition, Piumi Hansamali is seeking an order suspending the ongoing investigations into her asset acquisition being conducted by Illegal Assets Investigations Division of the CID.

The petitioner has named the IGP, the CID Director, the Director of CID's Illegal Assets Investigations Division and several others as respondents in the petition.

The CID had commenced an investigation regarding a complaint that Hansamali had acquired substantial properties through organized crime.