Vijitha Rohana
Wijemuni Vijitha Rohana de Silva (born 1965) is a former Sri Lankan navy sailor and astrologer. He is best known for an incident in 1987 when he attacked Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during a guard of honour in Colombo. Gandhi ducked as Rohana's ceremonial rifle struck him. Rohana was restrained and faced a court martial. He was found guilty of attempted culpable homicide not amounting to murder and insulting a state leader, and sentenced to six years in prison. President Ranasinghe Premadasa later pardoned him after about two and a half years. After his release, he earned a degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and started his own business. In 2000 he ran for Parliament with the Sihala Urumaya party. He later became an astrologer and claimed that President Maithripala Sirisena would die by 26 January 2017, which led to his arrest again in connection with an assassination conspiracy.
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