Eraj Ravindra Fernando (; 11 November 1968 – 2 September 2026) was a Sri Lankan politician, who served as the mayor of Hambantota Municipal Council from 2014 till 2023.MPs BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES – SPC Chairman
Life and career Eraj Ravindra Fernando was born on 11 November 1968. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo.
In April 2014 a group of five United National Party politicians whilst visiting the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on a fact-finding tour, were allegedly attacked by local residents.https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2014/04/20/pol02.asp MPs who never sighted UNP polls campaign in H’tota meet their waterloohttps://web.archive.org/web/20161020144303/http://www.dailymirror.lk/46012/i-never-asked-eraj-to-go-there-namal I never asked Eraj to go there-Namal In August 2019 Fernando was found guilty of threatening the politicians with a firearm and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. In October 2019 he was granted bail by the Hambantota High Court. Fernando was seeking a review of his conviction in the Court of Appeal.
Fernando was found dead from a suspected suicide at an apartment in Bambalapitiya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 2 September 2026, at the age of 57.
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