The Attorney General served indictments on him, former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera and four others in the Gampaha High Court on 15 July 2026. The six are alleged to have tried to sell a government-owned property in Kiribathgoda using forged documents.15 Jul 2026 · Newswire · Mervyn Silva, Prasanna Ranaweera among six indicted over alleged State land fraud
Mervyn Silva / Minister of Public Relations during presidency of /Mahinda Rajapaksa
Identifies him as Minister of Public Relations in January 2013, when President Mahinda Rajapaksa accepted his resignation as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s chief organiser for the Kelaniya electorate.12 Jan 2013 · Daily FT · MR accepts Mervyn's quit notice from Kelaniya job