: Protesters in Sri Lanka claim they find millions of rupees inside Prez Rajapaksas house #IndiaNEWS #News Colombo: The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka who stormed embattled President Gotabaya

Protesters in Sri Lanka claim they find millions of rupees inside Prez Rajapaksas house #IndiaNEWS #News
Colombo: The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka who stormed embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksas official residence have claimed to have recovered millions of rupees inside his mansion, according to a media report on Sunday.
A video is being shared on social media showing the protesters counting the currency notes that were unearthed. The recovered money was said to be handed over to the security units, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
Authorities have informed that they will take steps to announce the ground situation after probing the relevant facts, the daily reported.

Des manifestants ont trouvé de largent liquide dans la résidence présidentielle de Gotabaya #Rajapaksa
Largent de la corruption !
La vague de révolte et de prise de conscience des peuple est internationale #TousDansLaRue#MacronieNotreEnnemie#SriLanka
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters on Saturday stormed into Rajapaksas residence in central Colombos high-security Fort area after breaking the barricades, as they demanded his resignation over the island nations worst economic crisis in recent memory. Another group of protesters entered the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and set it on fire.
The Presidents whereabouts is still not known. His only communication outside since the protesters stormed into the city has been with the Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, who announced late Saturday night that the President would resign on Wednesday.
President Rajapaksa informed the Speaker about this decision to quit after Abeywardena wrote to him seeking his resignation following the all-party meeting of leaders held Saturday evening.
The Speaker would become the acting President in the absence of both the President and the Prime Minister. Later, an election among MPs must happen to elect a new President. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has also offered to resign.
In May, President Gotabaya Rajapaksas elder brother and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had to quit in the face of massive anti-government protests.
The Rajapaksa brothers, Mahinda and Gotabaya, were hailed by many in Sri Lanka as heroes for winning the civil war against the LTTE but they are now blamed for the countrys worst economic crisis.
The expected exit of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday and the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister in May is a dramatic fall from grace for a powerful family that has dominated Sri Lankan politics for more than a decade.
Sri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is under the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, crippled by an acute shortage of foreign exchange that has left it struggling to pay for essential imports of fuel, and other essentials.