Shiranthi Rajapaksa
Former First Woman Shiranthi Rajapaksa right now (October 5) filed an anticipatory bail utility earlier than the Maligakanda Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in search of safety from arrest in reference to the investigation into the “Siriliya Saviya” account.
Shiranthi Rajapaksa, spouse of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, filed the applying by her attorneys after being knowledgeable to seem earlier than the Monetary Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) to present a press release.
Within the utility filed by Legal professional-at-Legislation Jayabalan, Mary Louise Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been named because the petitioner, whereas the Director of the Legal Investigation Division (CID) has been named because the respondent.
She has said that there’s a risk she might be arrested by police on the airport when she returns to Sri Lanka from abroad.
She has subsequently requested the court docket to grant her anticipatory bail beneath any circumstances imposed by the court docket.
Shiranthi Rajapaksa is at present in Singapore, the place she says she is receiving additional medical remedy for an sickness.
She had been admitted to a personal hospital in Colombo on September 15, 2026, and left Sri Lanka for Singapore early the next morning.
She departed from Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport in Katunayake at 1:10 AM on September 16 aboard Singapore Airways flight SQ-469.
She was accompanied by Anne de Livera, the mother-in-law of Rohitha Rajapaksa, the third son of Shiranthi and Mahinda Rajapaksa.
On the time of her departure, Shiranthi Rajapaksa had already been scheduled to seem earlier than the FCID on September 24, 2026, in reference to the investigation.
