Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country amidst the public uprising, returned to the island from Thailand along with his wife Ayoma Rajapaksa on September 2 at midnight at the Katunayake airport and arrived at his house located at Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo, reports Colombo Page. In the face of unprecedented public protests, former President fled the country on July 13, first to the Maldives and then to Singapore. Gotabaya stayed in Singapore from July 14 and was granted visa for 14 days each by the Singapore Government on two occasions. When the visa period given to him by the Singaporean authorities expired, he and his wife departed for Thailand. It was reported that the Government has arranged to give Gotabaya the privileges he is entitled to as a former president.