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Former SriLankan Airlines Chairman arrested and remanded

27 Jun, 2025

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The former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, was arrested and remanded on corruption charges.

Wickramasinghe, a relative of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

He was accused of causing a financial loss of USD 4,512 to the government by altering the destination of flight UL319, which was originally scheduled to travel from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Katunayake on 22 January 2014.

He was also accused of causing a financial loss of USD 19,160 to the government by disembarking 75 passengers who had arrived in Sri Lanka from the Maldives and were scheduled to depart for France on flight UL563 on 26 January 2014.

Wickramasinghe was also accused of misusing public funds amounting to LKR 1,250,000 on 19 December 2014, allegedly used for the former President’s election campaign held at the 18th Mile Post Stadium in Katunayake.

Wickramasinghe served as Chairman of SriLankan Airlines when Mahinda Rajapaksa was President.

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