A writ petition has been filed at the Court of Appeal by notorious organized criminal and drug trafficker Salindu Malshika Gunarathne, alias “Kudu Salindu”.

It is reported that the writ petition has been filed requesting the court to suspend the INTERPOL red notice issued for his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). 

The writ petition filed through Kudu Salindu’s lawyers was taken up for consideration by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya, and Justice Priyantha Fernando yesterday. 

The court granted leave to proceed with the petition on 30 January 2026. 

The Attorney General’s Department informed the court that it would file objections during the hearing in January. 

Notorious organized criminal and drug trafficker “Kudu Salindu” is currently in hiding, residing overseas. (Newswire)

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The main accomplice of underworld member Salindu Malshika alias ‘Kudu Salindu’ has been brought to Sri Lanka. 

Piyum Hasthika alias ‘Piyuma’ was brought to Sri Lanka from Dubai this morning (Feb 15).

He was escorted by a special team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). 

The suspect was brought to the Katunayake Airport and was escorted away by the CID team for further investigations. (NewsWire)

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Notorious drug dealers Nadun Chinthaka alias ‘Harak Kata’ and Salindu Malshika alias ‘Kudu Salindu’ were brought to Sri Lanka from Madagascar this morning.

The two wanted criminals, who were to be brought to Sri Lanka by a team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, were brought in today due to a delay in their flight. 

A group, including ‘Harak Kata’ and ‘Kudu Salindu’, were arrested by security officials in Madagascar on 1st March 2023 based on an international Red Notice obtained by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities.

The CID team that had departed for Madagascar on Saturday had escorted the two wanted criminals to Nairobi, Kenya due to no direct flights to Sri Lanka.

The two criminals had then been escorted to Mumbai, India early this morning. However, they had reached Sri Lanka following a delay in their flight today. 

Upon their arrival, ‘Harak Kata’ and ‘Kudu Salindu’ were taken directly to the Criminal Investigations Department for probes into various organized crimes committed by them in Sri Lanka. (NewsWire)

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