Booker Prize winning author Shehan Karunatilaka dismissed allegations of plagiarism raised against him by journalist Rajpal Abeynayake over his book ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’. Abeynayake had accused Karunatilaka of stealing from a 56-page untitled ‘novella’ sent in 2011 seeking an author’s endorsement. The statement issued by Karunatilaka is as follows :
