Nishantha Wickramasinghe, brother of former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and ex-chairman of SriLankan and Mihin Lanka Airlines, has been arrested by Sri Lanka’s Bribery Commission over an aircraft purchase investigation. This marks a significant development in the government’s crackdown on high-level corruption.
Nishantha Wickramasinghe, the brother of former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, marking a major breakthrough in an ongoing corruption probe.
Wickramasinghe, who once served as the Chairman of SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, was taken into custody in connection with a high-profile investigation into alleged irregularities involving aircraft purchases during his tenure.
The arrest adds pressure on those connected to past state-run enterprise dealings and reflects renewed efforts by authorities to hold former airline officials accountable for financial mismanagement and suspected corruption in public aviation.
Further inquiries are ongoing as part of a broader initiative to investigate abuse of public funds and misappropriation tied to national assets.
