PersonIn custody
Sugeeshwara Bandara
Listed from published reports. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing. The custody or bail mark follows the dated status line below and may be out of date.
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Details
- Role
- Former private secretary to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as described by Ada Derana
- Status
- Further remanded until 11 November 2026 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on 28 October 2026, accused of receiving two salaries from the President’s expenditure head; no verdict reported
Coming court dates
- 11 Nov 2026
- Remanded until this date by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court
Connections (1)
- Sugeeshwara Bandara / Remanded until 11 November 2026 while described as former private secretary to / Gotabaya RajapaksaAllegation
- Reports that he was further remanded until 11 November after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. He is accused of receiving two salaries under the President’s expenditure head in 2022, as secretary to Gotabaya Rajapaksa and as Project Director at the Presidential Secretariat under Ranil Wickremesinghe. The article does not say who brought the case and carries no response from him.28 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Sugeeshwara Bandara further remanded