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Warnakulasuriya Alex Nishantha Fernando

Warnakulasuriya Alex Nishantha Fernando

Member, Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha · Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)

CONVICTEDLast verified 20 February 2026

Overview

Status
CONVICTED
Current Case
Fraudulently preparing 26 forged/falsified land deeds and unlawfully selling approx. 3 acres 2 roods of land belonging to a complainant, by falsely claiming a named third party would transfer the land
Sentence
Sources can be reconciled only partially: Daily Mirror and Hiru report 16 years of rigorous imprisonment imposed across the counts, with the sentences ordered to run so that they are served within 10 years; NewsFirst and Newswire headline the sentence as 10 years. Fine amounts also vary by source. Compensation of Rs. 800,000 is consistently reported in multiple accounts.
Next Hearing
Not found; unknown whether an appeal has been filed
Last Verified
20 February 2026

The short version

Warnakulasuriya Alex Nishantha Fernando was convicted in 2026 (Sources can be reconciled only partially: Daily Mirror and Hiru report 16 years of rigorous imprisonment imposed across the counts, with the sentences ordered to run so that they are served within 10 years; NewsFirst and Newswire headline the sentence as 10 years. Fine amounts also vary by source. Compensation of Rs. 800,000 is consistently reported in multiple accounts.). Fraudulently preparing 26 forged/falsified land deeds and unlawfully selling approx. 3 acres 2 roods of land belonging to a complainant, by falsely claiming a named third party would transfer the land. One of at least 26 forged-deed cases arising from a single original complaint filed with police on 7 Jun 2011; a single lower-reliability source claims 25 additional related cases remain pending against Fernando (not independently corroborated).

How did we get here?

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    Next Step Pending

    Not found; unknown whether an appeal has been filed

    Court: DISPUTED between sources - Daily Mirror, Newswire, and Gossip Lanka News say Chilaw High Court; NewsFirst says Puttalam High Court (the same trial judge is named across all sources, suggesting a single case reported inconsistently rather than two separate courts)

    Sources (5)