He had reportedly collected Rs. 100 from each seller every day.

Initially, Gampaha had around 50 Rambutan stalls, but he had increased the number to 80 in order to collect more money.

From these stalls alone, he had extorted Rs. 250,000 each month, reports say.

Also, he had seized a state-owned land in the heart of the town, built stalls there and rented them for hundreds of thousands of rupees, according to another accusation.