Vidya Amarapala resigns amid allegations

Vidya Amarapala, an Adviser to the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development has decided step down from his post as his name is being implicated in the Panama leaked papers.

Minister Patali Ranawaka, in a statement said that Amarapala has decided to resign from his post to facilitate any possible inquiry.

ICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russia, and business ties between a member of FIFAs ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption, according to media reports.