Namal Rajapaksa

Member of Parliament, National List · Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)

IN REMAND

Added automatically from a newswire report on 23 October 2026 · not yet reviewed by an editor

Held in the Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case · since 29 September 2026

Verified 23 Oct 2026

Also currently:IN REMANDSriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case IN REMANDSriLankan Airlines Airbus money-laundering suspect designation+4 more — see the Cases tab

Legal matters

Investigations

Charges pending

Acquitted / dismissed

Next in court

27 October 2026

SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case

Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court

+3 more upcoming hearings — see the Cases tab

Latest change

23 Oct 2026

Namal Rajapaksa further remanded in Krrish case after bail refused

Namal Rajapaksa is currently in remand.

Bribery Commission (CIABOC) case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court alleging that the Rs. 70 million from the Krrish Group was a bribe, paid in three instalments for his help in speeding up the Urban Development Authority's allocation of Transworks Square land in Colombo Fort to Krrish. The same Rs. 70 million is the subject of the separate High Court criminal breach of trust case.

The full running account, event by event, is in the Timeline and Court Cases tabs below.

Upcoming2017 Hambantota protest case
Next Step Pending
Not yet scheduled (no date reported)
Court: Hambantota Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- adaderana.lk
- english.gossiplankanews.com
16 November 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Next Hearing
Colombo High Court trial date. Fixed on 7 July 2026 after Judge Nadee Aparna Suwandurugoda ordered summons to two Indian witnesses through the foreign-witness procedure.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (3)
6 November 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Next Hearing
The case is due back before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on 6 November 2026, the date fixed on 23 October 2026.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Added automatically from a newswire report on 23 October 2026 · not yet reviewed by an editor
Sources (3)
29 October 2026NR Consultancy money laundering case
Next Hearing
The case is to be recalled on 29 October 2026 before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court; the CID has sought time to examine banking material and to obtain the Attorney General's advice.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (1)
- hirunews.lk
27 October 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Next Hearing
The case is due back before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on 27 October 2026, the date fixed on 13 October 2026.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
23 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Hearing
The hearing was held after Namal Rajapaksa was produced before the court. Newswire reported that bail requests were rejected.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- newswire.lk
- adaderana.lk
23 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Remanded
The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court rejected Namal Rajapaksa's bail application and further remanded him until 6 November 2026.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Added automatically from a newswire report on 23 October 2026 · not yet reviewed by an editor
Sources (3)
16 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Hearing
In the Bribery Commission's Krrish case Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama extended the remand of Rajapaksa and the first suspect to 23 October 2026. The order on Rajapaksa's own application for release was not ready and is due on that date. According to Newswire, the first suspect, former Krrish director Janaki Siriwardena, had her application turned down.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
16 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Remanded
In the Bribery Commission's Krrish case Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama extended the remand of Rajapaksa and the first suspect to 23 October 2026. The order on Rajapaksa's own application for release was not ready and is due on that date. According to Newswire, the first suspect, former Krrish director Janaki Siriwardena, had her application turned down.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- newswire.lk
- adaderana.lk
14 October 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Hearing
Rajapaksa was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court in the CID money-laundering case. No outcome or next date has been reported.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
13 October 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Hearing
Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama refused bail and kept Rajapaksa on remand until 27 October 2026. He told the Bribery Commission to move promptly towards filing indictments; the prosecution said its inquiries were finished and the files were with the Attorney General.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
13 October 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Hearing
Previously listed for 13 October 2026; on 30 September 2026 bail was granted and the next date in this proceeding was fixed for 14 October 2026.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
13 October 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Remanded
Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama refused bail and kept Rajapaksa on remand until 27 October 2026. He told the Bribery Commission to move promptly towards filing indictments; the prosecution said its inquiries were finished and the files were with the Attorney General.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
6 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Hearing
In the CIABOC Rs. 70 million bribery investigation (the Krrish / Transworks Square land transfer), the Chief Magistrate reviewed the remand of Rajapaksa and Janaki Siriwardena after hearing CIABOC and defence submissions and further remanded both until 16 October 2026. OnLanka reports the order on their bail applications is due that day.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
6 October 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Remanded
Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama further remanded Rajapaksa until 16 October 2026 in the CIABOC Krrish bribery proceeding, together with Janaki Siriwardena, and said the bail order will be delivered on 16 October. This is separate from the High Court indictment and from his Airbus remands.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
30 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Bail Granted
Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena granted bail on Rs. 500,000 cash and two sureties (reported as Rs. 100 million each by Daily Mirror/NewsFirst, Rs. 30 million each by Newswire), with a travel ban and a no-interference condition. He remains remanded in the separate CIABOC Airbus and Krrish proceedings.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
29 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Hearing
Rajapaksa was produced in court on 29 September 2026 in the Airbus bribery matter. Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara told the court that investigations into the alleged Airbus bribery and the related money-laundering allegations had been completed and that a combined indictment would be filed. Bail was not granted and Rajapaksa was further remanded until 13 October 2026.
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Reports differ on whether this sitting was before the Chief Magistrate or the Fort Magistrate.
Court: Colombo Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
29 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Hearing
Attribution disputed: the 29 September 2026 order (bail refused, remand to 13 October, combined indictment to be filed) is reported by Ada Derana for the Fort Magistrate's Court, but other outlets place it in the CIABOC bribery proceeding (namal-rajapaksa-01); this proceeding's remand ran to 30 September and bail was granted that day, so it is not treated as a step here.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
29 September 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Hearing
Rajapaksa, named fourth suspect the day before, was produced before the Chief Magistrate. CIABOC's investigating officer said the Indian Government had communicated that funds used in the Krrish transaction were proceeds of money laundering, and that in the Airbus case investigations were complete and the Attorney General was expected to consider a single indictment.
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The defence argued a certificate under the new Anti-Corruption Act could not support proceedings for an offence charged under the former law. CIABOC also told the court the Central Bank had invested about Rs. 150 million in the property before the land was made available through the UDA, and that the payment was allegedly made through Nimal Perera, who investigators say acted with Rajapaksa's knowledge and consent.
The court directed the defence to file its bail application on 6 October. These are submissions, not findings.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (5)
29 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Remanded
Rajapaksa was further remanded until 13 October 2026 after bail was refused. No indictment has yet been filed.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
29 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Remanded
Attribution disputed: the 29 September 2026 order (bail refused, remand to 13 October, combined indictment to be filed) is reported by Ada Derana for the Fort Magistrate's Court, but other outlets place it in the CIABOC bribery proceeding (namal-rajapaksa-01); this proceeding's remand ran to 30 September and bail was granted that day, so it is not treated as a step here.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
29 September 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Remanded
CIABOC had named Rajapaksa the fourth suspect in its Krrish bribery case the previous day. Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama remanded him until 6 October 2026, the same date as first suspect Janaki Siriwardena. This is separate from the High Court indictment and from his Airbus remands.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (5)
25 September 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Questioned
CIABOC recorded Rajapaksa's statement in Colombo Remand Prison. Onlanka, citing the Commission, gives 25 September and India Today/PTI gives 26 September; the one-day gap is unresolved.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- onlanka.com
- indiatoday.in
24 September 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case
Hearing
CIABOC told the Chief Magistrate that Janaki Siriwardena, former Krrish executive director and CEO, had paid Rajapaksa Rs. 70 million in three instalments, to speed up the transfer of Transworks Square land. Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama remanded Siriwardena until 6 October and let CIABOC record a statement from Rajapaksa in prison.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
23 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Remanded
The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court further remanded Rajapaksa until 30 September 2026 and deferred the bail ruling that had been due that day. The court asked the prosecution to clarify by 30 September whether this proceeding and the separate CIABOC bribery case are being conducted jointly, whether this case should be transferred to the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court, and whether a section 149 Anti-Corruption Act certificate had been filed in the separate Magistrate's Court matter.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
18 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Hearing
Rajapaksa's case returned to the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on 18 September 2026 - see the linked remand event for the outcome.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
18 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Remanded
Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama further remanded Rajapaksa until 29 September 2026 rather than ruling on bail that day, and fixed the bail ruling for 29 September 2026. The hearing also confirmed CIABOC had sought the Attorney General's advice and that efforts were underway to obtain Interpol Red Notices for other suspects reported to be overseas.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
16 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Hearing
Rajapaksa was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court as the fourth suspect in this money-laundering investigation - see the linked remand event for the outcome. At this hearing, prosecutors told the court that forensic investigators had recovered email communications between Rajapaksa and Airbus officials about the aircraft transaction, that Airbus representatives had given statements to CIABOC and the CID, and that foreign forensic-audit material had been received.
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These are prosecution submissions, not judicial findings, and Rajapaksa's lawyers disputed the prosecution's payment allegations.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
16 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Remanded
The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court produced Rajapaksa as the fourth suspect in the CID money-laundering investigation connected with the 2013 SriLankan Airlines Airbus procurement and ordered him to remain in remand custody until 23 September 2026, with a bail ruling also due that day. Prosecutors said steps were being taken to file indictments; no indictment had been confirmed as filed as of this reporting.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
11 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-launderi…
Summoned
The Attorney General directed the CID to name Rajapaksa a suspect in the Airbus money-laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act; the CID communicated this to the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court, which ordered him produced on 16 September 2026.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- newswire.lk
- colombotimes.net
4 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Remanded
After his arrest by the Bribery Commission (CIABOC) following about five hours of questioning, Namal Rajapaksa was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama and remanded until 18 September 2026. CIABOC alleges he received Rs. 100 million in cash in 2014 and 2015 in connection with the SriLankan Airlines wide-body Airbus acquisition; he has said he did nothing wrong, and the allegation has not been tested in court.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
4 September 2026SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case
Arrested
Namal Rajapaksa was arrested by CIABOC on 4 September 2026 after being questioned for nearly five hours, in connection with an allegation that he received about Rs. 100 million linked to the SriLankan Airlines Airbus deal. The allegation rests on an affidavit by businessman Nimal Perera, whose credibility the defence disputes, and has not been tested at trial.
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He was produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court the same day and remanded until 18 September 2026.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (4)
21 August 2026Tangalle Bay Hotel acquisition investiga…
Questioned
Namal Rajapaksa was questioned for nearly five hours on 21 Aug 2026.
Sources (2)
- newsfirst.lk
- island.lk
9 July 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
The CID told the Colombo Chief Magistrate that it had identified a Rs. 188 million property purchase in Sri Lanka and was tracing foreign remittances reported by the Financial Intelligence Unit (about EUR 1.2 million from a German bank and EUR 1,497,446 from an Australian bank, described as financing for hospital projects in Hambantota and Nuwara Eliya).
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The report does not tie the money to named account holders or to the Rs. 70 million; these are investigators' statements, not findings.
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Sources (1)
- asianmirror.lk
7 July 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
The CID told the court its efforts to contact two Indian witnesses had been unsuccessful. Judge Nadee Aparna Suwandurugoda ordered summons issued to both through the foreign-witness procedure, so the trial did not begin on 7 July; it was refixed for 16 November 2026.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (3)
29 May 2026Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
The pre-trial conference concluded before Judge Nadee Aparna Suwandurugoda and the trial was fixed to begin on 7 July 2026.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (2)
- island.lk
- dailymirror.lk
7 August 2025NR Consultancy money laundering case
Hearing
Case called in the Colombo Magistrate's Court: the CID reported its investigation complete and said the file had been sent to the Attorney General's Department for advice on indictment. No indictment had been filed; 'hearing' is the closest available event type.
Court: Colombo Magistrate's Court
Sources (3)
27 March 2025Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
Judge Manjula Thilakaratne recused himself, citing two social media posts made against him by Sanath Balasooriya and Poddala Jayantha. The case went to Colombo Chief High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige to assign a new judge.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (1)
- hirunews.lk
27 March 2025Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
In the CID-led Krrish case before Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura, the magistrate ordered Rajapaksa to appear if the CID files an indictment there and told the CID to seek the Attorney General's opinion. Defence counsel Sampath Mendis PC argued a High Court case on the same issue was already pending. This is an allegation-stage matter, not a charge; its outcome has not been located.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (1)
- ft.lk
18 February 2025Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Bail Granted
The indictment was served before Judge Manjula Thilakaratne and Rajapaksa was released on bail: Rs. 100,000 cash and two sureties of Rs. 10 million each. The pre-trial conference was fixed for 27 March 2025.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (2)
- newswire.lk
- adaderana.lk
28 January 2025Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Indicted
The Attorney General's Department indicted Rajapaksa in the Colombo High Court for criminal breach of trust, alleging he misappropriated Rs. 70 million that Krrish Group had provided ostensibly for rugby development in Sri Lanka. The indictment followed the 2016 FCID investigation. Rajapaksa called the charges politically motivated, saying the file had been with the Attorney General for eight years.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (4)
22 January 2025Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Hearing
Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura took up the CID-led Rs. 70 million Krrish case, noted that CIABOC had opened its own inquiry, and set 4 June 2025 for the Attorney General's advice. The CID's case had begun on a complaint that Krrish's money went through businessman Hemasiri Perera's account to Rajapaksa.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (1)
- asianmirror.lk
2 November 2023Gowers Corporation money laundering case
Acquitted
Acquitted 2 Nov 2023 - prosecution evidence found unreliable/insufficient.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (2)
- ft.lk
- newswire.lk
11 July 2016Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Remanded
Produced in court after the arrest and remanded for about a week, then released on bail (bail terms not located).
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (1)
- english.gossiplankanews.com
11 July 2016Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of…
Arrested
The Financial Crimes Investigation Division arrested Rajapaksa over the Rs. 70 million received from Krrish Group, said to be for rugby development, which investigators suspected had been misused in connection with the proposed Krrish luxury development at Transworks Square, Colombo Fort.
Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Sources (2)
- english.gossiplankanews.com
- ft.lk

Cases Total

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Case 1INVESTIGATION

SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case

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)

What’s happened

Arrested 4 Sept 2026 by CIABOC after approx. 5 hours of questioning; remanded to 18 Sept 2026. On 16 September 2026, the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court issued warrants for former cricketer Aravinda de Silva and his wife, Priyanga Anushka Wijenayake, after they missed a hearing on their bail-surety obligations for a different suspect in this case, Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayake.

The court recalled the warrants after their lawyers explained they had been attending the funeral rites of De Silva's mother. Neither De Silva nor his wife is accused of any offence in this case; they are sureties only, and this development does not concern Namal Rajapaksa's own custody or charges. At the 18 September 2026 hearing, Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama further remanded Rajapaksa until 29 September 2026 rather than ruling on bail that day, and fixed the bail ruling for 29 September 2026.

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The hearing also confirmed CIABOC had sought the Attorney General's advice on the investigation and that efforts were underway to obtain Interpol Red Notices for other suspects reported to be overseas. NewsFirst and Newswire agree on the remand extension and bail-ruling date but conflict on the precise written-submission deadlines in between, so no specific interim deadline is recorded here.

No bail decision, charge, or indictment has been made yet. As of 20 September 2026, the Attorney General is reportedly considering combining this CIABOC bribery investigation with the separate CID money-laundering investigation (namal-rajapaksa-airbus-money-laundering) into a single prospective High Court indictment; the CID is also reported to be gathering evidence from witnesses in France, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Brunei through mutual legal-assistance procedures, and to be planning to seek Interpol Red Notices for two overseas suspects, Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayake and Shamindra Rajapaksa (neither is a politician and neither is separately tracked on Nadu).

No indictment has been filed and no combined-case structure has been confirmed - this remains a reported plan, and the two Magistrates' Court matters stay separately recorded until that changes. On 29 September 2026 bail was refused and Rajapaksa was further remanded until 13 October 2026; prosecutors said the Airbus bribery and money-laundering investigations had concluded and that a combined indictment would be filed.

No indictment had been filed as of 30 September 2026. On 30 September 2026 the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court forfeited two Rs. 20 million bail bonds (Rs. 40 million) furnished by Aravinda de Silva and his wife for co-suspect Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayake, who travelled overseas after being bailed and has not appeared; Rs. 20 million was ordered paid immediately and the balance later (Ada Derana and Newswire say 14 October; NewsFirst says 17 October - unresolved).

Reports say the warrant for Wijenayake has been referred to Interpol and that action is being sought against Shamindra Rajapaksa (Ada Derana: Red Notice sought; Newswire: international warrant reported) - no Red Notice issuance, arrest or extradition step is confirmed. The sureties are not accused persons; neither Wijenayake nor Shamindra Rajapaksa is a tracked politician.

Also on 30 September, Rajapaksa was granted bail in the separate CID money-laundering proceeding but stays remanded in this one until 13 October.

16 October 2026: Bail was refused again on 13 October 2026 and the remand runs to 27 October. The court asked the Bribery Commission to move promptly towards filing indictments; none had been filed.

Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Next hearing / due: 27 October 2026

View full case file: SriLankan Airlines Airbus bribery case

Case 2INDICTED

Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of trust case

Criminal breach of trust - alleged misappropriation of Rs. 70 million provided by Krrish Group ostensibly to promote rugby in Sri Lanka (Colombo High Court indictment). The Bribery Commission's separate case over the same Rs. 70 million is tracked as the Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case.

What’s happened

Indicted 28 Jan 2025 by the Attorney General's Department (originally arrested/remanded 11 Jul 2016; bail granted with Rs. 10 million sureties + Rs. 100,000 cash). The High Court indictment was served on 18 February 2025 before Judge Manjula Thilakaratne, with release on bail (Rs. 100,000 cash and two sureties of Rs. 10 million), and on 7 July 2026 Judge Nadee Aparna Suwandurugoda ordered summons to two Indian witnesses under the foreign-witness procedure, with the trial date set for 16 November 2026.

From 16 October 2026 the Bribery Commission's case over the same Rs. 70 million is recorded as a separate matter (Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case).

Court: Colombo High Court
Next hearing / due: 16 November 2026

Sources (19)

View full case file: Krrish Rs. 70 million criminal breach of trust case

Case 3ACQUITTED

Gowers Corporation money laundering case

11 counts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act - alleged laundering of Rs. 30 million (from an alleged Rs. 125 million HelloCorp share purchase) via Gowers Corporate Services (Pvt) Ltd, 2013-2014

What’s happened

Acquitted 2 Nov 2023 - prosecution evidence found unreliable/insufficient

Court: Colombo High Court
Next hearing / due: No upcoming hearing announced

Sources (2)

View full case file: Gowers Corporation money laundering case

Case 4INDICTED

NR Consultancy money laundering case

Prevention of Money Laundering Act - allegedly investing Rs. 15 million in illegally-earned funds into NR Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd while an MP

What’s happened

Co-accused: Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sujani Bogollagama, Sudarshana Ganegoda. CID investigation complete as of 7 Aug 2025, file sent to the AG's Department for advice on indictment; case recalled with a next mention noted for 29 Jan 2026 as of that reporting

Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Next hearing / due: 29 October 2026

Sources (3)

View full case file: NR Consultancy money laundering case

Case 5CHARGES PENDING

2017 Hambantota protest case

Unlawful assembly, obstructing police duty, damage to public property - arrested with two other MPs during an October 2017 protest against a Chinese-backed port/land deal in Hambantota

What’s happened

An arrest warrant was issued in Jul 2025 for non-appearance, then recalled after he appeared in court

Court: Hambantota Magistrate's Court
Next hearing / due: Next hearing not confirmed

Sources (2)

View full case file: 2017 Hambantota protest case

Case 6INVESTIGATION

Tangalle Bay Hotel acquisition investigation

FCID investigation into the alleged acquisition of Tangalle Bay Hotel using funds linked to Carlton Sports Network.

What’s happened

Namal Rajapaksa was questioned for nearly five hours on 21 Aug 2026. No indictment or arrest in this matter was located in the validation pass.

Court: Not publicly confirmed
Next hearing / due: Next hearing not confirmed

Sources (2)

View full case file: Tangalle Bay Hotel acquisition investigation

Case 7INVESTIGATION

SriLankan Airlines Airbus money-laundering suspect designation

The Attorney General directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to formally name Namal Rajapaksa as a suspect under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act No. 5 of 2006, in connection with alleged financial irregularities in SriLankan Airlines' 2013 Airbus aircraft procurement. This is a separate proceeding from the existing CIABOC bribery case over the same procurement (namal-rajapaksa-01, where he is accused of taking a roughly Rs. 100 million/US$800,000 bribe) - bribery and money laundering are distinct alleged offences, though reporting describes both as arising from one joint investigation into the transaction.

The CID communicated the Attorney General's instruction to the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court on 11 September 2026, and Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena ordered Rajapaksa be produced before that court on 16 September 2026. No charge or indictment under this money-laundering designation has been reported. On 16 September 2026, the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court produced Rajapaksa as the fourth suspect in this money-laundering investigation and ordered him to remain in remand custody until 23 September 2026, with the bail ruling also to be delivered that day.

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Prosecutors said steps were being taken to file indictments, but the reviewed reporting does not establish that an indictment had already been filed. This remand order is not a finding of guilt. At the same 16 September hearing, prosecutors told the court that forensic investigators had recovered email communications between Rajapaksa and Airbus officials concerning the aircraft transaction, that Airbus representatives had travelled to Sri Lanka and given statements to CIABOC and the CID, and that investigators had received foreign forensic-audit material.

Reporting referred to a 23 March 2013 Airbus email said to mention the "President's son" undertaking to present Airbus's case for the proposed sale to Cabinet through the President. These are prosecution submissions and reported investigative material, not judicial findings or proof of guilt, and Rajapaksa's lawyers disputed the prosecution's payment allegations.

What’s happened

Rajapaksa is now in remand custody in this proceeding specifically (from 16 Sep 2026 to at least 30 Sep 2026, when the bail ruling is now due), in addition to his separate remand in the CIABOC bribery case (namal-rajapaksa-01, further remanded until 29 Sep 2026). The two proceedings remain legally distinct even though both arise from the 2013 Airbus/SriLankan Airlines transaction.

Prosecutors have disclosed additional evidentiary material (alleged Airbus emails, Airbus representatives' statements, foreign forensic-audit material) but no new charge or indictment has been confirmed as filed. As of 20 September 2026, the Attorney General is reportedly considering combining this investigation with the separate CIABOC bribery investigation (namal-rajapaksa-01) into a single prospective High Court indictment, alongside international evidence-gathering (France, US, Australia, Singapore, Brunei) and planned Interpol Red Notices for overseas co-suspects Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayake and Shamindra Rajapaksa - neither of whom is a politician or separately tracked on Nadu.

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This remains a reported plan, not a filed indictment. On 23 September 2026, the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court further remanded Rajapaksa until 30 September 2026 and deferred the bail ruling that had been due that day. The court asked the prosecution to clarify, by 30 September: (1) whether this CID money-laundering investigation and the separate CIABOC bribery investigation are being conducted jointly; (2) whether this Fort Magistrate's Court proceeding should be transferred to the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court (where the CIABOC bribery matter is heard); and (3) whether a certificate under section 149 of the Anti-Corruption Act had been filed in the separate Magistrate's Court matter.

No bail decision has been made either way, and no indictment or case-merger/transfer has actually occurred - these remain open procedural questions for the court to resolve on 30 September. Reports of 29 September 2026 (bail refused, further remand to 13 October 2026, combined indictment to be filed) are not treated as steps in this proceeding: Ada Derana attributes that order to the Fort Magistrate's Court, but other outlets place it in the CIABOC bribery proceeding (namal-rajapaksa-01), and this proceeding's remand ran only to 30 September, when bail was granted.

No indictment had been filed as of 30 September 2026. On 30 September 2026 Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena granted Rajapaksa bail in this CID money-laundering proceeding on Rs. 500,000 cash and two sureties (Daily Mirror and NewsFirst report Rs. 100 million each; Newswire reports Rs. 30 million each - discrepancy unresolved), with sureties' Grama Niladhari certificates, a foreign-travel ban and a warning that bail would be cancelled if he influenced witnesses.

The next date was fixed for 14 October 2026. This bail does not release him: he remains remanded in the CIABOC Airbus bribery case until 13 October (namal-rajapaksa-01) and in the CIABOC Krrish bribery case until 16 October (further remanded on 6 October) (namal-rajapaksa-02). No indictment has been filed.

16 October 2026: He was produced before the Fort Magistrate's Court on 14 October 2026; no outcome or next date has been reported.

Court: Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court
Next hearing / due: Next hearing not confirmed

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Case 8INVESTIGATION

Added automatically from a newswire report on 23 October 2026 · not yet reviewed by an editor

Krrish Rs. 70 million bribery case

What’s happened

On 24 September 2026, CIABOC arrested Janaki (Geethanjali) Siriwardena, a former Krrish Group executive director, over an allegation that she paid Rajapaksa Rs. 70 million in three instalments to secure his assistance expediting the Urban Development Authority's transfer of land at Transworks Square, Colombo Fort, for the Krrish project - the same Rs. 70 million at issue in the separate High Court criminal breach of trust case.

Siriwardena was remanded until 6 October 2026. The Chief Magistrate also ordered prison authorities to allow CIABOC to record a statement from Rajapaksa, who remains in remand in his separate Airbus-related matters, as part of this investigation. Siriwardena is not a politician and is not separately tracked on Nadu. No new charge, arrest, or change to Rajapaksa's own custody has resulted from this development in this matter.

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CIABOC subsequently carried out that questioning: Onlanka (citing the Bribery Commission) reported the statement was recorded on 25 September 2026, while India Today/PTI independently reported the questioning occurred on 26 September - this one-day discrepancy between sources is unresolved and both dates are recorded here rather than asserting one as definitive.

Recording a statement is not itself an arrest, charge, indictment, conviction, or additional remand order in this matter. On 28 September 2026 CIABOC named Rajapaksa the fourth suspect in its Krrish bribery case before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court (Siriwardena being the first suspect), alleging Rs. 70 million was paid to him on three occasions in return for helping Krrish Transworks Colombo (Pvt) Ltd secure the UDA-owned Transworks Square land and expedite approvals.

He was produced on 29 September 2026 and Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama remanded him until 6 October 2026 - the same date as Siriwardena - in this proceeding, separately from his Airbus-related remands (to 13 October). CIABOC's investigating officer told the court the Indian Government had communicated that funds used in the Krrish transaction were proceeds of money laundering, and that the Commission expects to move toward filing indictments; the defence argued a certificate issued under the new Anti-Corruption Act could not legally support proceedings for an offence charged under the former law.

These are prosecution submissions and defence arguments, not findings; no charge has been filed in the CIABOC case and no court has found any payment was a bribe. On 6 October 2026 Chief Magistrate Bodaragama, after hearing CIABOC and the defence, further remanded Rajapaksa and first suspect Janaki Siriwardena until 16 October 2026 and said the order on their bail applications will be delivered that day.

Bail has not been granted in this proceeding.

16 October 2026: On 16 October 2026 the Chief Magistrate extended the remand to 23 October; the order on Rajapaksa's application for release is due that day.

Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Next hearing / due: 6 November 2026

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