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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dj gamaya" data-source="post: 19081226" data-attributes="member: 61857">List of Sri Lankan mobsters ඔක්කොම සෙට් එක පිට රට එවුන් ගැන නම් දානවා ... ලංකාවේ එවුන්ට තැනක් නැ ..... මම එකම එක ආර්ටිකල් කිහිපයක් දැක්කා ඉතිහාසේ ඉදන්ම දාලා තියෙන ... ඊට පස්සේ කිසිම දෙයක් දැක්කේ නැ කොහොම හරි විකිපීඩියා අන්කල් දාලා තියෙන ටිකක් සෙට් උනා Gonawila Sunil 1970s-1980s Gonawila Sunil is one of the earliest criminal gang leaders in Sri  Lankan underworld. He allegedly had major connections with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Party" target="_blank">UNP</a> government at that time. He was involved in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welikada_prison_massacre" target="_blank">massacre of 53 prisoners</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welikada_Prison" target="_blank">Welikada Prison</a>  in 1983 and raping a 14-year-old girl in 1982. He was convicted of the  murder, and was serving in prison when he was famously released on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon" target="_blank">presidential pardon</a> given by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene" target="_blank">J.R. Jayewardene</a> just before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_presidential_election,_1982" target="_blank">1982 presidential election</a>. Subsequently, he was made an all-island <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace" target="_blank">Justice of the peace</a> (JP). He had also been the bodyguard of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_minister%28Sri_Lanka%29&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Prime minister of Sri Lanka</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" target="_blank">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a>,  who was the Minister of Education of the J.R. Jayawardene government at  that time. Sunil was killed at his residence by two assassins in 1987 Arambawelage Don Upali Ranjith alias Soththi Upali 1970-1989 He was said to be a close ally of B. Sirisena Cooray, the Minister of Housing and Construction of Premadasa government. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police_Service" target="_blank">Sri Lankan Police</a>  officers allegedly have addressed him as "sir" during that time. He  served as a reserve sub inspector at one time and was included in the  UNP executive body by President Premadasa. In 1997, a presidential  commission appointed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" target="_blank">Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga</a> concluded that Upali was directly involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Lalith_Athulathmudali" target="_blank">assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali</a>. Before the trial against him was finished, he was killed by a rival gang led by Dhammika Amarasinghe on December 17, 1998. Usliyanage Chinthaka Nalin Perera alias Chinthaka Amarasinghe 1980s-1996 Amarasinghe was considered to be the arch rival of Soththi Upali, when  he was at the height of his power. Also involved in numerous other  murders, he gunned down Malu Nihal and Cheena – who were major henchmen  of Upali, at Gothamipura in March 1993. It was alleged that Amarasinghe  was supported by politician affiliated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_%28Sri_Lanka%29" target="_blank">People's Alliance</a>.  Chinthaka Amarasinghe hails from a cime-related family, with his uncle  Noel Amarasinghe was the chief suspect in the Kollupitiya Tavern robbery  case in 1966. He was killed at Thotalanga by a rival gang led by Kalu  Ajit in 1996. Dhammika Amarasinghe 1990s-2004 Brother of a former underworld stalwart Chinthaka Amarasinghe, Dhammika  Amarasinghe is considered to be the most feared Sri Lankan underworld  figure, ever. He was wanted for at least 50 murders and 17 bank  robberies during the 1990s to 2004. It was reported that Dhammika had  lost 16 of his family members due to the clashes with other underworld  gangs. He was a close associate of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilanga_Sumathipala" target="_blank">Thilanga Sumathipala</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_District" target="_blank">Colombo District</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" target="_blank">MP</a>. In 1999, Sumathipala - when he was the President of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka</a>, facilitated Dhammika with thousands of sterling pounds to go and watch the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup" target="_blank">Cricket World Cup</a> held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">England</a> in the fake name of Buddhika Priyashantha Godage under a forge passport.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_mobsters#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> This sparked a huge controversy in Sri Lankan political arena. He was also associated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohan_Ratwatte" target="_blank">Lohan Ratwatte</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy_District" target="_blank">Kandy District</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" target="_blank">MP</a>.  Dhammika was killed on January 9, 2004 inside the court room no.6 of  Colombo Magistrate by an Army deserter named Siriwardanage Chaminda  Udaya Kumara. It was speculated that he was killed in order to conceal  the conduct of several high-ranking politicians, during the hearing of  court cases. Ajith Dhammika alias Kalu Ajith 1980s-1997 Kalu Ajith was involved in the killing of Chinthaka Amarasinghe in 1996.  He was killed by Chinthaka's brother, Dhammika on July 16, 1997. Atapattu Hewasam Liyanage Don Wasantha Dharmasiri alias Kaduwela Wasantha 1990s-2002 Kaduwela Wasantha was a major criminal gang leader during the 1990s. He and five other gang members were killed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ves%C4%81kha" target="_blank">Wesak poya day</a>, May 26, 2002, by a rival gang led by Karate Dhammika. Sanjeewa Perera alias Baddegane Sanjeewa 1994-2001 Sanjeewa worked as a police sergeant at the President's Security Division (PSD) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" target="_blank">Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga</a> and as Kumaratunga’s private body guard when she was the Chief Minister of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Western Province</a>.  He was accused of a number of murders and assaults including the murder  of "Satana" editor Rohana Kumara, assault of Rukantha and Chandralekha  Gunathilake, assassination of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Ponnambalam" target="_blank">Kumar Ponnambalam</a>, burning of the house of actress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoja_Weerasinghe" target="_blank">Anoja Weerasinghe</a> and attack on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Leader" target="_blank">The Sunday Leader</a> editor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasantha_Wickrematunge" target="_blank">Lasantha Wickrematunge</a>  in 1998. Sanjeewa was killed by the mob led by Dhammika Amarasinghe on  November 2, 2001 allegedly under the orders of the former Minister of  Defense, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer" target="_blank">General</a> Anuruddha Ratwatte. Moratu Saman 1990s-2003 Key suspect of the assassination of the controversial politician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Ponnambalam" target="_blank">Kumar Ponnambalam</a>.  Moratu Saman was initially a close ally of Dhammika Amarasinghe but  eventually fell out with him. Amarasinghe attempted to kill him in 2002.  He was killed by a rival gang led by Thoppi Chaminda in 2003. Koswattage Donald Nihal Wickremasinghe alias Nawala Nihal 1976-20?? Nihal was involved in several murders and extortion rackets over the  years. He killed the prominent underworld figure, Kalu Ajit and two of  his henchmen at Aththidiya. He is considered as the godfather of Colombo  underworld during his high time. He distributed money among the poor.  He was given protection by many corrupted police officers in Welikada  and Nugegoda Divisions. Nawala Nihal was abducted and killed by a gang  led by his mistress Renuka Wasanthi. Kitulgamaralalage Ajith Wasantha alias Vambotta 2000-2006 It was reported that 3 of Vambotta’s sisters were allegedly raped,  tortured and killed by a rival family. This had led to a series of  revenge killings with more than 25 of the rival family members being  killed and their property destroyed. He was wanted for 10 murders,  extortion and kidnapping. He had allegedly started his life by selling  vegetables at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooriyawewa" target="_blank">Sooriyawewa</a>, hence the name Vambotta (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant" target="_blank">Brinjal</a>). He was killed by a rival gang named "Ratnaweera gang" in April 2006 Jayakody Arachchige Ruwan Perera alias Olcott 1988-2010 Hailed from Magazine Road, Borella in Colombo city, He was linked to  more than 28 killings, several robberies and abductions in Colombo and  its suburbs. He earned a lot of fortune through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade" target="_blank">drug trade</a>, especially <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a>. He owned two luxury residences in Colombo and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurunegala" target="_blank">Kurunegala</a>. Olcott was involved in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE" target="_blank">LTTE</a>’s failed assassination attempt of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" target="_blank">Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga</a>  along with Thel Bala and Kimbulaela Guna, two other notorious gang  leaders. He disappeared from Sri Lanka after that and lived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" target="_blank">Tamil Nadu</a> for more than a decade. He returned to Sri Lanka in 2009. His mansion was stormed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Task_Force" target="_blank">Special Task Force</a>  soldiers in September 2010. He was arrested and subsequently killed by  the soldiers, when he tried to grab the weapon of an officer. Kamal Dammalarachchi alias Dematagoda Kamal 1990s-2010 Dematagoda Kamal was involved in at least 15 murders including the  killing of Dushyantha Senevirathne – the Leader of Opposition in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galle" target="_blank">Galle</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Council" target="_blank">Municipal Council</a>. He was killed when he allegedly tried to throw a bomb at the Police. Sinniah Gunasekeran alias Kimbula-Ela Guna 1990s-2008 Kimbula-Ela Guna was a major drug dealer in Sri Lanka. He was involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE" target="_blank">LTTE</a>  activities also. He took part in LTTE’s failed attempt to kill  President Chandika Kumaratunga in 1999. After that, he fled Sri Lanka  and is currently living in Tamil Nadu, South India. It is alleged that  he had monitored and conducted the drug traffiking activities in Sri  Lanka from there. In 2008, he was arrested by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Police" target="_blank">Tamil Nadu Police</a>. Thel Baala 1990s-2000s Thel Baala was a prominent drug dealer and gang leader around  Bloemendhal garbage dump in Sri Lanka during the late 1990s and early  2000s. He was shot dead by a rival gang led by Colum. Prince Colum alias Prince 1992-2007 Colum was involved in various murders in the Kotahena and Grandpass  areas. His primary operating area was the around Bloemendhal garbage  dump. Colum was killed by a rival gang in 2007. M.K. Imtiaz alias Anamalu Imtiaz 1990s-2009 Anamalu Imtiaz was involved in at least 39 murders, including contract  killings. He was also heavily involved in other areas of crime,  including extortion and drug dealing. He operated in Maligawatte, and  was kidnapped and killed by an unknown rival gang on July 9, 2009. Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda Wele Suda is the biggest international drug dealer that was brought into  justice so far. He was arrested in Pakistan and brought to Sri Lanka on  February 14, 2015 for allegedly obtaining an amount of Rs. 170 million  by trafficking drugs. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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