Rajitha Senaratne
Former Cabinet Minister and former Member of Parliament · Democratic National Movement (DNM)
Overview
- Status
- INDICTED
- Current Case
- Alleged corruption involving removal/sale of sand from the Kirinda Fisheries Harbour development, with investigators alleging a government loss exceeding approximately Rs. 26.2 million.
- Next Hearing
- Indictments were filed in the Colombo High Court on 11 Aug 2026. On 3 Sep 2026 five Section 70 corruption charges were served; reporting listed 13 witnesses and 25 documents, bail continued, and passport surrender was ordered.
- Last Verified
- 3 September 2026
The short version
Rajitha Senaratne has been indicted. Alleged corruption involving removal/sale of sand from the Kirinda Fisheries Harbour development, with investigators alleging a government loss exceeding approximately Rs. 26.2 million. Indictments were filed in the Colombo High Court on 11 Aug 2026. On 3 Sep 2026 five Section 70 corruption charges were served; reporting listed 13 witnesses and 25 documents, bail continued, and passport surrender was ordered.
How did we get here?
- UpcomingCase 1
Next Step Pending
Indictments were filed in the Colombo High Court on 11 Aug 2026. On 3 Sep 2026 five Section 70 corruption charges were served; reporting listed 13 witnesses and 25 documents, bail continued, and passport surrender was ordered.
Court: Colombo High Court
- UpcomingCase 2
Next Step Pending
Included because it is a distinct prosecution previously reported. Current disposition was not established in this pass.
Court: Colombo High Court
Sources (1)
- 9 September 2025Case 1
Remand Ended / Bail Granted
Court: Colombo High Court
- 29 August 2025Case 1
Remanded
Court: Colombo High Court
Court cases
Alleged corruption involving removal/sale of sand from the Kirinda Fisheries Harbour development, with investigators alleging a government loss exceeding approximately Rs. 26.2 million.
What’s happened
Indictments were filed in the Colombo High Court on 11 Aug 2026. On 3 Sep 2026 five Section 70 corruption charges were served; reporting listed 13 witnesses and 25 documents, bail continued, and passport surrender was ordered.
- Court
- Colombo High Court
- Next hearing / due
- Indictments were filed in the Colombo High Court on 11 Aug 2026. On 3 Sep 2026 five Section 70 corruption charges were served; reporting listed 13 witnesses and 25 documents, bail continued, and passport surrender was ordered.
Separate 2020 bribery indictment relating to the Modara Fisheries Harbour/land matter, reported as five charges under Section 70 of the Bribery Act.
What’s happened
Included because it is a distinct prosecution previously reported. Current disposition was not established in this pass.
- Court
- Colombo High Court
- Next hearing / due
- Included because it is a distinct prosecution previously reported. Current disposition was not established in this pass.
Sources (1)
Political career
Ministerial positions
Former Cabinet Minister and former Member of Parliament
Dates not publicly confirmed
Other political positions
No other positions publicly confirmed.
Party history
In SLFP student politics in the early 1970s; exact formal joining/ending dates for this early interval are not pinned down.
Joined after the party’s formation in the 1980s; exact dates unresolved.
Subsequent party in his pre-UNP career; exact dates unresolved.
Associated with the SLFP after crossing to the Rajapaksa government. Exact formal joining date is unresolved; expelled in Nov 2014.
Readmitted to the SLFP in Feb 2015 and had membership suspended in Jul 2015. Exact final termination date was not established; later DNM membership bounds this as a past interval.
Subsequently joined DNM; 2020 ballot history records DNM as the party and SJB as the alliance.