Polwatta Rathu Baduge Wimalaratne (4 May 1946–19 September 1989: Sinhala: ලලිත් විජේරත්න), popularly as P. R. B. Wimalarathna, was a Sri Lankan politician and militant leader.
Wimalarathna's father Daniel Silva was born 7 March 1926 as the third child of Davith Singho and Punchi Nona.
The couple had 12 children: 10 boys: Wimalaratne, Ariyaratne, Premaratne, Sumathipala, Hemapala, Jagath, Gamini, Kithsiri, Kapila, Anura Kumara; and two daughters: Swarnalatha, and Subashini.
[4] He was educated at Trincomalee Junior College (now Rajakeeya Vidyaloka National School) and Abhayapura Maha Vidyalaya.
[3] Wimalaratne's brother Premaratne was about 18 years old at the time and an activist in the group that attacked the Horowpothana police.
The other brother, 17-year-old Sumathipala, was arrested on 17 April 1971, and killed along with 16 other rebels near the Yan-Oya Bridge, the border between Trincomalee and Anuradhapura districts.
[3] On 11 July 1978, he married Kamani Jayasekara,[4] a JVP member born in Galle in 1947 and lived in Trincomalee, Kinniya.
[3] After that, he submitted an application for government teaching appointments and sat for the interview held on 8 March 1967, through the Sinhala medium.
Wimalaratne was arrested at his home on 16 March 1971 by the Trincomalee Police on suspicion of involvement in the 1971 JVP insurrection and remanded in Anuradhapura.
Wimalaratne lived in his Andamkulam house opposite the naval water supply in Trincomalee and went underground with the party ban.
In the meantime, he also served as the Political Divisional Secretary for Kandy, Colombo, Trincomalee and Galle Districts.
[3] Wimal was again arrested on 18 September 1989 by the Avissawella Salawa Army Unit under the direction of Colonel Lionel Balagalla while returning to Colombo by bus from Badulla.
Wimala alias Swarna, the wife of JVP Politburo member Gunaratne Wanasinghe, who was at the house, later handed over the three children to Kamani's family.