Ex-Krrish Director remanded over alleged Rs. 70 m bribe to Namal | Daily FT

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What to know about Ex-Krrish Director remanded over alleged Rs. 70 m bribe to Namal

Tuesday Oct 13, 2026 Friday, 25 September 2026 00:01 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} Former Krrish Group Executive Director and business personality Janaki Siriwardena, arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over…

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What happened

Why it matters

70 million bribe to MP Namal Rajapaksa, was yesterday remanded until 6 October by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

Common ground

The Magistrate also directed the Prison Superintendent to facilitate CIABOC officials in recording a statement from Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, in connection with the investigation.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Ex-Krrish Director remanded over alleged Rs. 70 m bribe to Namal?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Officers of the CIABOC’s Special Investigation Unit reportedly arrested Siriwardena yesterday morning?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.ft.lk/news/Ex-Krrish-Director-remanded-over-alleged-Rs-70-m-bribe-to…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Officers of the CIABOC’s Special Investigation Unit reportedly arrested Siriwardena yesterday morning.”

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Multiple sources (Daily Mirror, Newswire, Asian Mirror) confirm the arrest of Janaki Siriwardena by CIABOC.

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web search NEUTRAL — Former Krrish director Janaki Siriwardena was remanded until 6 October by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on 24 September in connection with an.
https://asianmirror.lk/news/janaki-siriwardena-remanded-what…

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web search NEUTRAL — Colombo, Sep. 24 (Daily Mirror) - Former Krrish Group Director Janaki Siriwardena has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). She was arrested ove…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Former-Krrish-Group…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to CIABOC, Siriwardena is accused of giving the Rs. 70 million to Rajapaksa on three separate occasions. Further details regarding the allegations and the investigation are expected to be di…
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/09/24/namals-krrish-bribe-case-…

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Claim 2: “According to the allegation, the Rs. 70 million was paid to Rajapaksa on three separate occasions in exchange for his help in securing a property in Colombo Fort belonging to the Urban Development Authority (UDA) for Krrish Transworks Colombo Ltd., and in expediting the necessary approvals.”

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The specific details regarding the Rs. 70 million paid on three occasions to secure a UDA property in Colombo Fort for Krrish Transworks Colombo Ltd are reported by Daily FT and Asian Mirror.

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web search NEUTRAL — 4.5 Krrish Lanka Misappropriation Case (Rs 70 Million)4.6 Judicial Recusals Linked to Krrish Case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa

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web search NEUTRAL — 70 million bribe paid to him by former Krrish director Janaki Siriwardena.Siriwardena was arrested by the commission on 24 September and remanded until 6 October after being produced before the Colomb…
https://asianmirror.lk/news/krrish-funds-came-from-money-lau…

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web search NEUTRAL — The case concerns allegations that Rs. 70 million was paid to him on three separate occasions in return for helping expedite the allocation of the Urban Development Authority-owned Transworks Square p…
https://www.ft.lk/news/No-bail-for-Namal-in-two-cases/56-797…

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Claim 3: “Former Krrish Group Executive Director and business personality Janaki Siriwardena, arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over an alleged Rs. 70 million bribe to MP Namal Rajapaksa, was yesterday remanded until 6 October by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.”

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Multiple independent news sources (Asian Mirror, Daily Mirror) confirm that Janaki Siriwardena, former Krrish director, was arrested by CIABOC and remanded until October 6 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate over an alleged Rs. 70 million bribe to Namal Rajapaksa.

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web search NEUTRAL — Former Krrish Group director Janaki Siriwardena, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over an alleged Rs.
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Former-Krrish-direc…

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web search NEUTRAL — Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and former Executive Director of Krrish Group and business personality, Janaki Siriwardena, who are in remand custody over the controversial ‘Krrish’ deal, have been fu…
https://adaderana.lk/news/cmuwbbqck0006356qm7ul9myk

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Claim 4: “The property relates to the Transworks Square land in Colombo Fort.”

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Multiple sources (Lanka News, The Morning, Sunday Times) explicitly identify the property as the Transworks Square land in Colombo Fort belonging to the UDA.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The One is a tri-tower US$650 million mixed-use development project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, estimated to be the 10th largest of its kind in the world. It comprises the Ritz-Carlton Residences, The JW M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_(Colombo)

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web search NEUTRAL — The money was allegedly meant to help it acquire the Transworks Square land in Colombo Fort, which belongs to the Urban Development Authority, and to speed up the approvals it needed. These are allega…
https://www.lankaenews.com/news/5132/en

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web search NEUTRAL — CIABOC alleges that Rajapaksa received Rs 70 million as a bribe in connection with efforts to facilitate the transfer and development of the Urban Development Authority-owned Transworks Square propert…
https://www.themorning.lk/articles/wOUYnc08a8uoHrEdfDkX

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Claim 5: “The Magistrate also directed the Prison Superintendent to facilitate CIABOC officials in recording a statement from Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, in connection with the investigation.”

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The claim is confirmed by both Asian Mirror and Daily Mirror, stating the Magistrate directed prison authorities/superintendent to allow CIABOC to record a statement from Namal Rajapaksa while in remand.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), was assassinated by the Buddhist priest Talduwe Somarama Thero on September 25, 1959, while meeting the public at his pri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_S._W._R._D._B…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera (Sinhala: ගලගොඩ අත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමි) is the Secretary General of Bodu Bala Sena, a far-right Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist organisation. He was born in Galagodaaththa in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galagoda_Aththe_Gnanasara

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lohan Evindra Ratwatte (22 June 1968 – 15 August 2025) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the State Minister of Gem and Jewellery Related Industries and a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohan_Ratwatte

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Claim 6: “Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser MP Namal Rajapaksa has separately been further remanded until 30 September in the Airbus case.”

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Independent sources (Newswire, Onlanka) confirm that MP Namal Rajapaksa was remanded until September 30 in connection with the Airbus/money laundering case.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has been further remanded until September 30 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to …
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/09/23/airbus-probe-namal-furthe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa was today (September 23) ordered to remain in remand custody until September 30, 2026, in a money laundering case linked to the SriLankan Airlines Airbus transacti…
https://www.onlanka.com/news/namal-further-remanded-until-se…

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web search NEUTRAL — Separately, On 16th September, Namal Rajapaksa was ordered by the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court to remain in remand custody until September 23.
https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/09/18/namal-s-remand-exten…

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