INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
following a request made by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).The request comes following reports that although the investigating
officers had searched the residences of Deshabandu Tennakoon located at Hokandara and Giriulla, they had failed to find him at those
and the former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, and to name them as suspects in the shooting incident that took place in front of the W15 Hotel in
the Pelena area of Weligama, Matara on December 31, 2023.Commenting on this, Police Media Spokesperson SSP Buddhika Manatunga, had
has been taken against them
However, the deployment of Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) officers to this location has been carried out in an unlawful manner
As a result, the court has ordered the arrest of 8 officers including those who arrived at the scene that day as well as the then Acting IGP
Crimes Division had traveled to the Weligama area in Matara with the intention of arresting a group of individuals associated with the
misunderstanding, as the Weligama Police officers mistakenly believed that the van was transporting criminals.As a result of the incident,
47-year-old Police Sergeant Upul Chaminda Kumara of the Colombo Crimes Division, later succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical
including former Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, before the court.
