INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has actually submitted a writ petition with the Court of Appeal seeking an
order preventing his arrest.The petition, filed through his legal representatives, has requested that an interim injunction be released to
stay the arrest warrant issued against him by the Matara Magistrates Court.The Matara Magistrates Court had just recently provided a warrant
for the arrest of the former IGP in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in front of the W15 Hotel in the Pelena area of
Weligama, Matara, on December 31, 2023
The petition was taken up before a two-member Appeals Court bench consisting of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Mohamed Lafar Tahir
and Justice Sarath Dissanayake today (10 )
Consequently, the judge bench bought that the petition be set up for further factor to consider on the March 12, after notifications are
served to the respondents of the petition.
