Police Probing Illegal Wealth Of Repatriated Criminal

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s security forces have intensified their crackdown on organized crime, with authorities now turning their focus toward the illegally acquired assets of a high-profile criminal recently brought back to the island following years in hiding overseas.

Police Spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police F. U. Wootler, confirmed that investigations have commenced into the unlawful properties and financial assets of Dinush Chaturanga, an organized criminal for whom international Red Notices had been issued.

The suspect, who had been evading law enforcement for several years while remaining overseas, was repatriated to Sri Lanka by air from India last Saturday afternoon.

Addressing the media, ASP Wootler described the suspect as one wanted in connection with a series of grave and violent offences, including multiple murders, attempted murders, serious assaults, and narcotics trafficking.

According to police, Dinush Chaturanga remained abroad for more than four years, deliberately concealing his whereabouts while continuing to facilitate serious criminal activities through illegal networks operating from outside Sri Lanka.

With the suspect now in custody on Sri Lankan soil, law enforcement authorities have launched a special investigation into the wealth and properties amassed through illegal means.

Police further stated that this case forms part of a broader, tightly structured strategy to bring overseas-based organized criminals back to Sri Lanka, with mechanisms set to be implemented very effectively in 2026.