Chamika Karunaratne not compelled to provide DNA sample

A request seeking an order to compel Sri Lanka cricketer Chamika Karunaratne to provide a blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity case was rejected by the Colombo District Court.

Airline pilot Rasika Sewwandi filed the lawsuit, claiming that her child was fathered by Chamika Karunaratne and seeking a declaration to that effect.

Delivering its order, the court held that sufficient grounds were not presented to justify granting the request for a DNA test and dismissed the application.

However, the court ordered that the main case be called again on October 9 for further proceedings.

In her petition, the plaintiff requested the court to declare that Chamika Karunaratne is the father of her child and to direct the Registrar General to issue a birth certificate naming him as the child’s father.

She also alleged that she and Chamika Karunaratne were in a relationship from around 2023, during which they had an intimate relationship, and claimed that he later refused to acknowledge paternity after she became pregnant.

Chamika Karunaratne previously denied the paternity claim and opposed undergoing a DNA test.