National People’s Power parliamentarian Chandana Sooriyaarachchi has been arrested over a charge relating to a vehicle accident in the Athurugiriya area, Hiru News reported on Thursday.
That is the whole of the filing. It runs to two sentences, and this article will not pad it out.
Who he is
Sooriyaarachchi is a Colombo District member of the Tenth Parliament, elected for the Jathika Jana Balawegaya — the National People’s Power — and sworn in on 15 November 2024, according to his entry in the parliamentary directory of members. He is a first-term MP from the governing party’s 2024 intake, holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), and sits on the Select Committee examining the electoral system for Provincial Council elections. He lives at Kosgama, and Athurugiriya falls within the Colombo District he represents.
He holds no ministerial office.
Not reported
Almost everything is still open. No filing says when the accident occurred, whether anyone was injured or killed, or whether the MP was driving. None names the police division that made the arrest, states the specific offence alleged, or says whether he has been produced before a magistrate, bailed or remanded. There is no reported comment from Sooriyaarachchi, from the National People’s Power, or from the police.
Ada Derana also reports the arrest, but that newsroom’s domain has been unreachable to this desk for several weeks and the filing could not be fetched or dated, so it is not cited here. This article is single-sourced as a result, which is below the standard this desk aims for.
A caution on identification. Searches for this story return several earlier reports of road accidents involving other National People’s Power members — including a separate matter concerning MP Ranwala — filed months ago. Those are distinct events and should not be read into this one.
