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The Negombo Excessive Courtroom (12) has ordered the momentary closure of the ‘Mr. Koththu’ restaurant, which was working on the Galkanda Junction in Negombo.
This order was issued when a case filed by Mr. Okay. Suranga, the Public Well being Inspector answerable for the world, was taken up for listening to. The case involved the discharge of wastewater from the restaurant’s kitchen onto the general public street via a pipe drilled via a wall. Beforehand, when this case was known as on the twenty second, the court docket had ordered the restaurant to rectify all present shortcomings inside 14 days. Nonetheless, as that order was not correctly complied with, the court docket has made this determination.
Throughout a earlier on-site inspection performed by the Public Well being Inspector, the institution had tried to take away the wastewater via a drain. Nonetheless, video proof supplied by residents confirmed the true state of affairs. It’s reported that residents are additionally getting ready to file separate lawsuits associated to this incident, and the case towards the Koththu restaurant is scheduled to be recalled on January 08.
This isn’t the primary time sanitation points have arisen regarding this restaurant chain. In July 2025, a case was filed towards ‘Mr. Koththu Grand’ situated on Kotte Highway, Rajagiriya, on the Colombo Chief Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom. Mr. H. A. L. R. Karunaratne, the Public Well being Inspector of the Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council, filed this case towards the defendant, Maliduwa Durage Dinesh Priyakantha, beneath 8 fees, together with the usage of unclean utensils for meals preparation, soiled partitions and flooring, uncovered rubbish bins, and uncovered mild bulbs.
Moreover, in October 2025, a information report emerged a few worm present in a koththu ordered from the ‘Mr. Koththu Grand’ department in Maharagama. Mr. Nadun Gunawardena, the proprietor of VANNi Structure Studio in Nugegoda, revealed this unlucky incident he confronted to the general public via his Fb account.
In the meantime, there was important dialogue on social media relating to this restaurant chain and its proprietor, ‘Viraj’. Shashi de Silva, in a publish on the Fb group ‘Badajari Sansadaya’, said that ‘Mr. Koththu’ fees exorbitant costs from prospects and that they use political affect and black cash. She additionally claims {that a} current case filed towards a person named Vimukthi via the police, with the intervention of the stated institution, was dismissed by the choose, who additionally severely admonished the police.
She additional said that she intends to file a compensation lawsuit towards the institution’s proprietor sooner or later for defamation and harassment on-line.
Numerous allegations have been leveled towards the proprietor of Mr. Koththu, who maintained shut ties with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and ‘Pohottu’ (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) members. Though it has been recommended that he expanded his enterprise via political connections and laundered black cash, he has denied these accusations. Some argue that these accusations are made by enterprise rivals, particularly provided that Mr. Koththu has even opened a department in Singapore.
In distinction to those allegations, a social media account named ‘Horigampitiya’ identified that the cheese koththu on the stated restaurant may be very scrumptious. The publish additional states that Viraj, the proprietor of the institution, has made koththu a preferred model worldwide, and that some people are intentionally spreading smear campaigns towards this model for cash.