Nissanka Senadhipathi

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Role: Chairman of Avant-Garde Maritime Services
Status: Arrested October 2019 and remanded; acquitted with seven other defendants by the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar on 21 May 2021
Appears on: Politicians and investigators
Last checked: 12 Oct 2026 (what this means)

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Nissanka Senadhipathi / Chairman of / Avant-Garde Maritime Services
- Reports describe him as the chairman of Avant-Garde Maritime Services.17 Oct 2019 · Ada Derana · Avant-Garde chairman remanded
Nissanka Senadhipathi / Acquitted in, May 2021 / Avant-Garde floating armoury case
- Arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport on 17 October 2019 on arriving from Singapore, where he had been in hospital, he was remanded by the Colombo High Court until 8 November. The report says he was arrested over a case about the Avant-Garde arms incident, under a Galle Magistrate’s Court order for breaching an overseas travel ban.17 Oct 2019 · Ada Derana · Avant-Garde chairman remanded
- On 21 May 2021 a three-judge Trial-at-Bar unanimously acquitted him and seven other defendants of operating a floating armoury on the MV Avant Garde off Galle harbour. The judge noted that a former defence secretary, who gave evidence, said the company and Rakna Lanka had been given permission to operate one in the Red Sea.21 May 2021 · Ada Derana · Nissanka Senadhipathi and others acquitted from Avant-Garde floating armoury case
Nissanka Senadhipathi / Accused in; proceedings quashed, September 2019 / Avant-Garde Bribery Commission case, Colombo Magistrate’s CourtAllegation
- Granted bail on 30 September 2016 with Gotabaya Rajapaksa and five others in the Bribery Commission case. He is named as chairman of Avant Garde Maritime Services.30 Sep 2016 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Avant Garde case: Gota, Senadipathi, 5 others granted bail
- The Court of Appeal directed the Magistrate’s Court on 12 September 2019 to discharge the petitioner and the second to eighth accused from the proceedings.12 Sep 2019 · Ada Derana · Appeals Court orders to acquit Gotabaya and others from Avant-Garde case
Nissanka Senadhipathi / Co-accused with, in the Bribery Commission case; told a commission he was victimised to imprison / Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- Named with Gotabaya Rajapaksa among the suspects granted bail on 30 September 2016.30 Sep 2016 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Avant Garde case: Gota, Senadipathi, 5 others granted bail
- He told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on political victimisation that he was politically victimised in an attempt to imprison Gotabaya Rajapaksa over a legal case, and said the former Bribery Commission Director General had offered to drop proceedings if he signed an affidavit that money was given to Gotabaya Rajapaksa. These are his statements to the commission.27 May 2020 · Ada Derana · Avant-Garde chairman’s revelation on ex-Director General of Bribery Commission
- In the separate Attorney General’s case before the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar, the report says Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not named as an accused.12 Sep 2019 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Appeal Court orders to acquit all accused in Bribery Commission's Avant Garde case