# High Court dismisses £7m claim over alleged detention injury as fabricated

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sri-lankan-migrant-who-sued-taxpayer-for-7m-saying-he-needed-round-the-clock-care-after-suffering-in-detention-centre-but-hed-been-seen-go-karting-hitting-the-gym-and-doing-the-school-run/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:30:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T16:48:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16272011/Sri-Lankan-migrant-sued-taxpayer-needed-care-seen-karting-hitting-gym-school-run.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- High Court rejects a £7 million detention injury claim.
- Judge finds the alleged symptoms were fabricated or exaggerated.
- Claimant ordered to pay the Home Office’s legal costs.

## Summary

The High Court dismissed Vengadeswara Raw Gopalakrishnan’s claim for more than £7 million against the Home Office, finding that he had deliberately fabricated or greatly exaggerated injuries he said he suffered in immigration detention. The judge said the claim had wasted public resources and court time over 12 years, and ordered Gopalakrishnan to pay the Home Office’s legal costs.

Gopalakrishnan said he had severe psychiatric illness and needed round-the-clock care, with Reena Mathew acting as his litigation friend. But evidence showed the pair had been in a relationship for more than 10 years and had three children, while surveillance and other records showed him exercising, driving, taking children to school and working as a delivery driver. He came to the UK in 2010, overstayed his student visa and was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2023.

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