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Sanjaya Samarasinghe
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 The custody or bail mark follows the dated status line below and may be out of date.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
- Private secretary to Namal Rajapaksa MP, as described by Ada Derana; News First gives his name as Sanjaya Vishnu Ravindra and says he was also Mahinda Rajapaksa’s personal secretary
- Status
- Arrested by the Bribery Commission on 19 October 2026 and granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on 20 October 2026 on two sureties of Rs. 1 million each, with a travel ban; the case is fixed for 18 December 2026 according to Ada Derana and News First (Daily Mirror says 10 December)
Coming court dates
- 18 Dec 2026
- Case fixed for further proceedings in the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court
Connections (2)
- Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption / Arrested, 19 October 2026; granted bail 20 October 2026 / Sanjaya SamarasingheAllegation
- Reports that he was arrested when he arrived at the Commission on 19 October 2026 to give a statement, after officers searched a residence of his in Mount Lavinia and took a safe into custody. The article does not state a charge.19 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Namal Rajapaksa’s private secretary arrested by Bribery Commission
- Reports that investigators told the court the safe held Rs. 1,805,000 in cash, a Cartier wristwatch valued at about Rs. 800,000 and eight anklets believed to be gold-plated, and that he said Rs. 1.5 million was his and the rest his parents’, from the sale of a vehicle. The Commission cited discrepancies between his statements. His counsel, President’s Counsel Sampath Mendis, told the court the funds were from a vehicle sale, were declared in his statement of assets and liabilities, and that no drugs or firearms were found. The court granted bail and fixed the case for 18 December.20 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Namal Rajapaksa’s secretary granted bail
- News First names him Sanjaya Vishnu Ravindra, not Samarasinghe, and describes him as former personal secretary to Mahinda Rajapaksa and current personal secretary to Namal Rajapaksa. It says he was arrested under Sections 7 and 15 of the Proceeds of Crime Act over suspected possession of property derived from criminal activity, after a complaint received on 16 October, and that he was bailed on two sureties of Rs. 1 million each with a travel ban. It gives the next date as 18 December. His counsel told the court he was arrested because he is Namal Rajapaksa’s secretary and that the earlier inconsistencies were corrected in a later statement.20 Oct 2026 · News 1st · Former Rajapaksa Staffer Released On Bail as Probe into Assets Continues
- Names him Sanjaya Samarasinghe and says he was released on bail under the Proceeds of Crime Act on two sureties of Rs. 1 million each with a travel ban, but gives the next date as 10 December; Ada Derana and News First give 18 December.20 Oct 2026 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Namal Rajapaksa’s private secretary granted bail
- Sanjaya Samarasinghe / Described as private secretary to / Namal Rajapaksa