Colombo: Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the rustic Friday, an airport legit stated, seven weeks after he fled within the face of offended protests over the island’s worst-ever financial disaster.

Rajapaksa was once garlanded with plants via a welcoming celebration of ministers and politicians as he disembarked on the major world airport, the legit stated, including that the 73-year-old chief had returned from Bangkok by means of Singapore.