Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena

Listed from published reports. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing.

Details

Role: Army officer, a then-Brigadier, named in the 2019 indictment in the Rathupaswala case
Status: Acquitted with three others by the Trial-at-Bar on 17 May 2024, as reported by Ada Derana
Appears on: Communal violence and state force, 2013 to 2019

Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena / Charged with ordering troops to open fire; acquitted, May 2024 / Shooting at Rathupaswala, Weliweriya, August 2013
- Ada Derana reports that the Attorney General’s 11 September 2019 indictment accused the then-Brigadier and three other military persons of ordering troops to open fire, and that the court ordered the acquittal and release of the four accused on 17 May 2024.17 May 2024 · Ada Derana · Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting
- Daily FT reports that the fourth accused was the officer in charge of the army contingent and “gave orders to open fire”, that three accused handled the weapons, and that the accused were also charged with collecting spent cartridges and concealing evidence.12 Sep 2019 · Daily FT · Indictments filed against four in Rathupaswala shooting incident