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Everyone listed is named in a published report cited on the maps. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing: many are officials acting in their role, witnesses, or people connected to someone else.

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People (227)

• A. H. M. FowzieConvicted
  • Former Minister of Disaster Management; SJB MP from February 2023
• Abdul LatheefDeceased
  • Identified by community leaders as the bomber whose device went off hours after the others
• Abdul Latheef Mohamed SafiConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Abdul Manaf Mohamed FirdousConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Abu Hanifa Mohamed MusifConvicted
  • Defendant in the Wanathawilluwa explosives case
• Ahamed Milhan Hayathu Mohamed
  • Charged by the US Department of Justice in January 2021 with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation
• Ajahn Gardiye Punchihewa
  • Tenth defendant in the bond indictment of 2019
• Ajith Nivard Cabraal
  • Former Governor of the Central Bank
• Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
  • Assistant Leader of the United National Party; Education Minister from 2015 to 2019
• Alahudeen Ahamed Muaad
  • Named by police as the suicide bomber at St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade
• Ali Sabry
  • Former minister
• Amal Silva
  • Former member of the Western Provincial Council
• Amir Hamza Mohamed HamasConvicted
  • Defendant in the Wanathawilluwa explosives case
• Amith Weerasinghe
  • Leader of the Sinhalese nationalist group Mahason Balakaya, according to Al Jazeera
• Ananda Wijepala
  • Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs since November 2024
• Anil Jayantha Fernando
  • Minister of Labour, sworn in November 2024
• Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena
  • Army officer, a then-Brigadier, named in the 2019 indictment in the Rathupaswala case
• Anura Karunathilake
  • Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, sworn in November 2024
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake
  • President of Sri Lanka since September 2024; leader of the National People’s Power
• Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
  • Former Minister of Petroleum Industries; Minister of Disaster Management from September 2015
• Anusha Palpita
  • Former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
• Aravinda de Silva
  • Former Sri Lanka cricketer
• Arjun AloysiusConvicted
  • Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries; Owner of Perpetual Treasuries Limited, according to Daily FT; described by Daily Mirror as its beneficial owner
• Arjuna Mahendran
  • Former Governor of the Central Bank; Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; described by Daily FT as a Singaporean citizen
• Arjuna RanatungaOn bail
  • Former minister; Minister of Ports and Shipping from September 2015; captain of the cricket team that won the 1996 World Cup
• Aruna Widanagamage (Meegasare Kajja)Deceased
  • Described by News First as a notorious figure in the Hambantota District who faced allegations including illegal possession of firearms and extortion
• Ashin Wirathu
  • Buddhist monk
• Asoka RanwalaOn bail
  • NPP Member of Parliament; Speaker until his resignation on 13 December 2024
• Atchchi Muhammadu Muhammadu Hasthun
  • Named by police as the suicide bomber at St. Sebastian’s Church, Katuwapitiya
• Athuraliye Rathana Thera
  • Buddhist monk (Venerable); fasted in June 2019 demanding resignations
• Azath Salley
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Balangoda Kassapa TheroOn bail
  • Buddhist monk
• Bandula Gunawardana
  • Former minister
• Basil Rajapaksa
  • Finance minister until April 2022; SLPP national organiser until March 2024
• Bharatha Lakshman PremachandraDeceased
• Bimal Rathnayake
  • Minister of transport, highways, ports and civil aviation since November 2024
• C. B. RatnayakeOn bail
  • Former minister of sports, transport and livestock
• Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith
  • Catholic cardinal in Sri Lanka
• Chamal Rajapaksa
  • Minister of Irrigation from August 2020; member of the Rajapaksa family named in the list of cases tabled in Parliament in October 2026
• Chamara Sampath DassanayakeIn custody
  • Member of Parliament for Badulla District; former State Minister of Primary Industries; Chief Minister of Uva Province in 2016
• Chandana Abeyrathna
  • Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, sworn in November 2024
• Chandana SooriyaarachchiOn bail
  • NPP Member of Parliament
• Chandima Weerakkody
  • Former minister
• Chandrika Kumaratunga
  • Former President of Sri Lanka
• Chitta Ranjan Hulugalle
  • Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
• Chrishantha Abeysena
  • Minister of Science and Technology, sworn in November 2024
• Daisy Forrest
• Dammika Patabendi
  • Minister of Environment, sworn in November 2024
• Dappula de Livera
  • Attorney General in 2019
• Dayasiri Jayasekara
  • Minister of Sports from September 2015; claimant to the post of SLFP General Secretary
• Deshabandu TennakoonOn bail
  • Former Inspector General of Police, removed by a vote of Parliament in August 2025
• Diana Gamage
  • Former State Minister
• Dilantha Vithanage
  • Chief executive of Bodu Bala Sena
• Dileepa Peiris
  • Additional Solicitor General; presents the prosecution’s submissions in the Sallay proceedings
• Dilith Jayaweera
  • Leader of the Mawbima Janatha Party; entrepreneur; presidential candidate in 2024
• Dinesh Gunawardena
  • Prime Minister from 2022 until he resigned in September 2024
• Douglas Appuhami
  • Police Sergeant, formerly of Anuradhapura Police
• Douglas Devananda
  • Former minister
• Dullas Alahapperuma
  • Minister of education, sports and youth affairs from November 2019; candidate in the 2022 parliamentary vote for president
• Duminda DissanayakeOn bail
  • Former minister; Minister of Agriculture from September 2015
• Duminda SilvaConvictedIn custody
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Eran Wickramaratne
  • State Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2019; member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya economic team in 2024
• Father Jude Krishantha Fernando
  • Director of mass communications, Archdiocese of Colombo
• Galagoda Aththe GnanasaraConvictedIn custody
  • Buddhist monk; General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena
• Geoffrey Aloysius
  • Chairman of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa
  • President of Sri Lanka, elected November 2019; Defence Secretary until 2015
• Hanzeer Azad Maulana
  • Former spokesman for the TMVP party
• Harin Fernando
  • Minister of Tourism and Lands from July 2022; Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure from September 2015
• Harini Amarasuriya
  • Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since September 2024
• Harsha de Silva
  • Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP; headed Sajith Premadasa’s economic team in 2024
• Harsha IlukpitiyaConvicted
  • Former Controller General of Immigration and Emigration
• Harshana Nanayakkara
  • Minister of Justice and National Integration, sworn in November 2024
• Hemasiri FernandoConvictedIn custody
  • Defence Secretary at the time of the attacks
• Hiniduma Sunil Senevi
  • Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, sworn in November 2024
• Hirunika Premachandra
  • Former SJB Member of Parliament
• Husainul Risvi Khalid SameerConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Ilham IbrahimDeceased
  • Spice trader named by AFP as a suicide bomber at the Shangri-La hotel
• Inshaf AhmedDeceased
  • Named by AFP as the bomber at the Cinnamon Grand hotel; older brother of Ilham Ibrahim
• Jagath Wickramaratne
  • Speaker of Parliament since December 2024; NPP MP for Polonnaruwa
• Jaliya Wickramasuriya
  • Former Ambassador to the United States
• Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi
  • Former SLPP Member of Parliament; earlier a United National Party member of the Uva Provincial Council
• Jerome Fernando
  • Pastor
• Johnston FernandoOn bail
  • Former Minister of Cooperative and Internal Trade; minister of roads, highways and ports from November 2019
• Justice A.N.J. de Alwis
  • Retired judge who led one of the two unpublished Easter attack committees
• Justice Janak de Silva
  • Court of Appeal judge who chaired the presidential commission on the attacks
• Justice S.I. Imam
  • Retired Supreme Court judge
• K.D. Lalkantha
  • Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, sworn in November 2024
• Kabir Hashim
  • Former minister; member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya economic team in 2024
• Kachchi Mohamed JesminConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Kalyanawansa Tissa Thero
  • Chief Incumbent of the Bodhiraja Viharaya, Trincomalee
• Kanchana Wijesekera
  • Minister of Power and Energy, as of September 2024
• Kapila ChandrasenaDeceased
  • Chief executive of SriLankan Airlines at the time of its 2013 Airbus purchase
• Kasun Palisena
  • Chief executive of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd; Chief executive of Perpetual Treasuries Limited, according to Daily FT (2018) and Ada Derana (2021)
• Keheliya RambukwellaOn bail
  • Former Minister of Health
• Kirama Wimalajothi
  • Buddhist monk; co-founder of Bodu Bala Sena
• Kumara Jayakody
  • NPP National List MP; Minister of Energy from November 2024 until April 2026
• Lakshman KadirgamarDeceased
  • Former Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka
• Lakshman Kiriella
  • Leader of the House from 2015 to 2019; joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya in 2020
• Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaOn bail
  • Former minister
• Lalith Weeratunga
  • Former Presidential Secretary; former chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
• Lasantha WickrematungeDeceased
• Lohan RatwatteDeceased
  • Former State Minister of Prison Management and of Gem and Jewellery-related Industries; Member of Parliament for Kandy from 2000
• M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
• M.A. Sumanthiran
  • ITAK General Secretary; former Member of Parliament; President’s Counsel
• Mahesh Senanayake
  • Army Commander from 2017 to 2019; presidential candidate in 2019
• Mahinda KahandagamaIn custody
  • Former Colombo Municipal Council member for the SLPP
• Mahinda Rajapaksa
  • President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; prime minister until May 2022
• Mahindananda AluthgamageConvictedIn custody
  • Former Sports Minister
• Maithree Wickremesinghe
• Maithripala Sirisena
  • President of Sri Lanka in 2019
• Manusha Nanayakkara
  • Former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment
• Mervyn Silva
  • Former Minister of Public Relations
• Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Riskan
  • Charged by the US Department of Justice in January 2021 with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation
• Mohamed Azam Mohamed Mubarak
  • Named by police as the suicide bomber at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo
• Mohamed Haniffa Zainul AbdeenConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Ibrahim Sadiq AbdullahConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Ibrahim Shahid Abdul HaqConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Mansoor Mohamed SanasdeenConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Mustapha Mohamed HarisConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Nassar Mohamed Asad
  • Named by police as the suicide bomber at Zion Church, Batticaloa
• Mohamed NaufarConvictedIn custody
  • Preacher; identified by prosecutors as the ringleader who supported the bombers
• Mohamed Rameez Mohamed SajidConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mohamed Saribu Adham LebbeConvictedIn custody
  • Defendant in the Easter attacks trial
• Mujibur Rahman
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Muthuraja Surendran
  • Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
• Nalaka Godahewa
  • Member of Parliament from 2020; a main organiser of the Viyathmaga group
• Nalaka Silva
  • Deputy Inspector General of police; head of the Terrorism Investigations Division until his arrest in September 2018
• Nalin FernandoConvictedIn custody
  • Former Trade Minister; former chairman of Sathosa
• Nalinda Jayatissa
  • Minister of Health and Mass Media since November 2024; Chief Government Whip
• Namal RajapaksaIn custody
  • Member of Parliament (SLPP); presidential candidate in 2024; SLPP national organiser from March 2024
• Nandika Sanath Kumanayake
  • Presidential Secretary
• Nihal Abeysinghe
  • General Secretary of the National People’s Power, as of September 2024
• Nilantha Jayawardena
  • Head of the State Intelligence Service at the time of the attacks
• Nimal LanzaOn bail
  • Former Member of Parliament; described as a former State Minister
• Nimal Siripala de Silva
  • Former minister
• Nirupama Rajapaksa
• Nishantha Ulugetenne
  • Former Commander of the Navy; earlier head of naval intelligence
• Nishantha WickramasingheOn bail
  • Former chairman of SriLankan Airlines
• Nissanka Senadhipathi
  • Chairman of Avant-Garde Maritime Services
• Oshala Herath
  • Leader of the Abhinawa Niwahal Peramuna; public interest litigant
• P.B. Jayasundara
  • Former Presidential Secretary, named in the November 2023 Supreme Court ruling
• Patali Champika RanawakaOn bail
  • Leader of the United Republican Front; former Member of Parliament; Minister of Megapolis and Western Development from September 2015
• Paththinige Samarasiri
  • Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank; Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, according to Ada Derana
• Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)In custody
  • Former State Minister; former chief minister of the Eastern Province
• Piumi Hansamali
  • Actress; proprietor of the skin care company Lolia Skin Care
• Piyankara JayaratneConvicted
  • Former Minister of Civil Aviation
• Pottu AmmanDeceased
  • LTTE intelligence chief
• Prageeth Eknaligoda
• Prasanna Gunasena
  • Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways, as of October 2026
• Prasanna RanatungaConvictedOn bail
  • Former minister: tourism and aviation from November 2019; urban development and housing from July 2022
• Prasanna Ranaweera
  • Former State Minister
• Premalal Jayasekara
  • Former SLPP Member of Parliament for Ratnapura District; former deputy minister
• Pujith JayasundaraConvictedIn custody
  • Inspector General of Police at the time of the attacks
• Pushyamithra Gunawardena
  • Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
• R. M. Balasuriya
  • Former Sub-Inspector, Anuradhapura Police
• Rajitha Senaratne
  • Former Fisheries Minister; Minister of Health from September 2015
• Rajiv GandhiDeceased
  • Former Prime Minister of India who signed the 1987 accord with Sri Lanka
• Ramalingam Chandrasekar
  • Minister of Fisheries, sworn in November 2024
• Ramanathan ArchchunaOn bail
  • Independent Member of Parliament for Jaffna District, elected November 2024; medical doctor
• Ranasinghe PremadasaDeceased
  • Former President of Sri Lanka; assassinated in May 1993
• Ranil WickremesingheOn bail
  • President of Sri Lanka, 2022 to 2024; six-time prime minister; leader of the United National Party
• Ranjan RamanayakeConvicted
  • Actor turned politician; former Member of Parliament and deputy minister; leader of the United Democratic Voice
• Rauff Hakeem
  • Former minister who began his career with the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress; joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya in 2020
• Raveendra Bandara
  • Former Anuradhapura Municipal Council member
• Ravi Karunanayake
  • Former finance minister
• Ravi Seneviratne
  • Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security since September 2024
• Rishad Bathiudeen
  • Member of Parliament and former minister; Minister of Industries and Commerce from September 2015
• Rohana WijeweeraDeceased
  • Founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna; its presidential candidate in 1982
• Rohitha Abeygunawardena
  • Minister of Ports and Shipping from August 2020
• Rohitha BogollagamaIn custody
  • Former minister
• Rohitha Rajapaksa
• Roshan Ranasinghe
  • Former minister
• Rosy Senanayake
  • Former Mayor of Colombo, 2018 to 2023, the first woman in the post; United National Party; appointed adviser to the President on local government affairs in May 2023
• Ruwan Wijewardene
  • State Minister of Defence from 2015; senior adviser to President Wickremesinghe on climate change in 2024
• S. M. ChandrasenaOn bail
  • Former minister; environment and lands minister from November 2019
• S. M. RanjithConvicted
  • Former Chief Minister of the North Central Province
• S.R. Attygalle
  • Former Finance Secretary, named in the November 2023 Supreme Court ruling
• Sagala Ratnayake
  • Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development from 2015 to 2018
• Sagara KariyawasamOn bail
  • General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
• Sajin Vass GunawardenaOn bail
  • Former Member of Parliament; former chief executive of the state budget airline Mihin Lanka
• Sajith Premadasa
  • Leader of the Opposition in the 10th Parliament, recognised November 2024; leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya since February 2020
• Samantha Vidyarathna
  • Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, sworn in November 2024
• Sampath ManamperiIn custody
  • Former SLPP local government candidate; described by the Cabinet spokesman as a former police constable and intelligence officer
• Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Former Sri Lanka cricketer and former head coach of the national team; President of the Matara District Cricket Association
• Sandya Eknaligoda
• Sanjeewa Mahanama
  • Former Officer-in-Charge of Anuradhapura Police Station
• Sarana GunawardenaConvictedIn custody
  • Former junior minister
• Sarath Fonseka
  • Former army commander who led the army in the final stage of the civil war
• Sarath Mohottige
  • Retired Rear Admiral; former Director of Naval Intelligence
• Sarathi Dushmantha Mithrapala
  • Acting General Secretary of the SLFP, as reported in January 2024
• Saroja Savithri Paulraj
  • Minister of Women and Child Affairs, sworn in November 2024
• Shamindra Rajapaksa
  • Former board member of SriLankan Airlines
• Shan Wijayalal de SilvaOn bail
  • Former Chief Minister of the Southern Province and former MP; joined the SJB in January 2024
• Shani Abeysekara
  • Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, appointed June 2025; also held the post before 2020
• Shasheendra Rajapaksa
  • Former State Minister
• Shashi WeerawansaConvictedOn bail
• Shavendra Silva
  • Former Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff; commanded the 58 Division in 2009
• Shehan Semasinghe
  • State Minister of Finance from 2022; a chief negotiator with the International Monetary Fund
• Shiranthi RajapaksaOn bail
  • Former First Lady
• Sisira Mendis
  • National Intelligence Director at the time of the attacks
• Somawansa Amarasinghe
  • Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna until 2014
• SoosaiDeceased
  • Leader of the LTTE’s Sea Tigers
• Sunil Handunnetti
  • Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development since November 2024
• Sunil Kumara Gamage
  • Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, sworn in November 2024
• Sunil Watagala
  • Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs; attorney
• Suresh SallayIn custody
  • Retired Major General; head of the State Intelligence Service, December 2019 to 2024
• Thilina Gamage
  • Former Chief Magistrate; District Judge of Moratuwa, interdicted
• Thirukumar Nadesan
  • Businessman
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
  • Former Sri Lankan cricketer; national organiser of the United Democratic Voice
• Tilvin Silva
  • General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
• Tiran Alles
  • Public Security Minister from July 2022; chairman of Ceylon Newspapers
• Udaya Gammanpila
  • Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya; former Member of Parliament; lawyer
• Udayanga Weeratunga
  • Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia
• Upali Pannilage
  • Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment, sworn in November 2024
• Vajira Abeywardena
  • Chairman of the United National Party; Minister of Home Affairs from 2015 to 2019
• Velupillai PrabhakaranDeceased
  • Founder-member and leader of the LTTE
• Vijitha Herath
  • Foreign minister since November 2024
• Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna Amman)
  • Former LTTE commander who split from the group in 2004 and later became a government minister
• W.D. Lakshman
  • Former Governor of the Central Bank, named in the November 2023 Supreme Court ruling
• W.P.J. Senadheera
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Traffic Control and Road Safety, as of 9 October 2026
• Wasantha KarannagodaOn bail
  • Former Commander of the Navy; Admiral of the Fleet
• Wasantha Samarasinghe
  • Convener of Voice Against Corruption; Minister of Trade from November 2024
• Wasim ThajudeenDeceased
• Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
  • Former minister
• Wimal Weerawansa
  • Former Cabinet Minister
• Yoshitha RajapaksaOn bail
• Zahran HashimDeceased
  • Founder and leader of National Thowheed Jamaath