Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi
Former Member of Parliament; former Uva Provincial Councillor · Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)
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Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi is under investigation. The former MP appeared before the Police Illegal Assets Investigation Unit/FCID and provided a statement in an ongoing financial investigation. Current reporting identifies the inquiry as relating to an alleged irregularity at Uva Capital Bank. He remained for approximately five hours before leaving. No arrest, remand, charge, indictment, or finding of wrongdoing was reported. Investigation/statement stage only, as of last research (17 Sep 2026). The exact alleged conduct and Kuttiarachchi's formal status within the investigation were not publicly specified.
Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi legal timeline
No dated legal events are confidently confirmed yet for this case file.
Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi court cases
Uva Capital Bank / illegal-assets investigation
The former MP appeared before the Police Illegal Assets Investigation Unit/FCID and provided a statement in an ongoing financial investigation. Current reporting identifies the inquiry as relating to an alleged irregularity at Uva Capital Bank. He remained for approximately five hours before leaving. No arrest, remand, charge, indictment, or finding of wrongdoing was reported.
What’s happened
Investigation/statement stage only, as of last research (17 Sep 2026). The exact alleged conduct and Kuttiarachchi's formal status within the investigation were not publicly specified.
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- Not publicly confirmed
- Next hearing / due
- No upcoming hearing announced
Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi political career
Ministerial positions
No ministerial positions publicly confirmed.
Other political positions
Former Member, Uva Provincial Council
2009–2019
Member of Parliament for Monaragala District (Uva Province)
2020–2024
Former Member of Parliament; former Uva Provincial Councillor
Dates not publicly confirmed
Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi party history
First UNP period; documented as a UNP provincial politician by 2010. Pledged support to then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa in December 2014.
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Reported SLFP-aligned period following his December 2014 crossover; the January 2015 Sunday Times report describes him as a 'UNP crossover member' still active in the Uva Provincial Council at that point, so the exact formal-membership boundary is not fully clear.
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Second UNP period, per Wikipedia's synthesis of contemporary reporting.
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Elected to the 16th Parliament (2020-2024) for Monaragala District under the SLPP; Parliament records SLPP as his last elected party.