Sri Lankan Politicians Currently in Remand
These are Sri Lankan politicians currently held in remand custody - detained by court order while a case against them is investigated or proceeds to trial. Remand is not a conviction: no court has found these politicians guilty of anything, and many remand cases end in bail, acquittal or dismissal rather than conviction. Nadu lists someone here only while their current custody status documents them as being in remand, and moves them off this list the moment that changes - to bail, to a later custody status, or to release.
2 politicians tracked · last updated 1 October 2026
Namal Rajapaksa
Alleged bribery linked to the SriLankan Airlines Airbus wide-body aircraft acquisition, agreed and procured in 2013 - CIABOC alleges a chain of payments during 2014-2015 (Airbus's US$2m/EUR 1,454,651.24 payment to BIZ Solutions Inc., of which USD 800,000 was allegedly routed onward via Sabre Vision Holdings Ltd, converted into an alleged Rs. 100 million cash payment to Namal Rajapaksa)
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan ("Pillayan")
Murder (5 counts) under the Prevention of Terrorism Act - Kallady/Murugan Temple shootings (9 Jan 2008), Kattankudy killings (22 May 2008), and a Kannakuda/Kothiyapola killing (20 Aug 2008); reporting also references a police-officer shooting and a businessman abduction/murder within the same case