Warrants for Aravinda de Silva and wife issued then recalled over bail-surety absence in Namal Rajapaksa's bribery case
Regarding Namal Rajapaksa
What happened?
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 the 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.
What changed?
This is a procedural episode concerning bail sureties for a co-suspect, not a legal development in Rajapaksa's own matter. Neither De Silva nor his wife is accused of any offence in this case, and neither is separately tracked on Nadu.
What happens next?
No confirmed next step yet. No further court action regarding the sureties has been publicly reported.
The case
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