He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 2015, after a committee appointed by Maithripala Sirisena, the president of Sri Lanka found that he was politically victimized in 2010.

[1] Educated at the Royal College Colombo, he joined the Sri Lanka Navy as an officer cadet in the executive branch, graduated top of his batch in officer training as a midshipman at the Naval & Maritime Academy, and completed his training at Britannia Royal Naval College after which he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant.

He was the most senior military officer to be court-martialed since the start of the northern insurgency in 1981, even though there were several larger military setbacks in the past such as the Bandaranaike Airport attack, first Battle of Mullaitivu and Second Battle of Elephant Pass or after as the Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base no commanding officers were court-martialed, even though they resulted in more deaths and economic effects.

The first count was "failing to take adequate precautions and countermeasures with due care for the protection of the Naval base, ships and craft and personnel at the Galle Harbour from terrorist attacks despite the availability of prior reliable information and repeated instructions from Naval Headquarters, an act prejudicial to good order and naval discipline".

The second count - "failing to obtain approval from the Navy Commander prior to leaving SLNS Dakshin despite specific instructions by the Commander for him to proceed and stay at SLNS Dakshin due to a possible terrorist attack on the Galle harbour, an act prejudicial to good order and naval discipline".