Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has withdrawn the transfer of OIC Nishantha Silva who was ordered to be transferred from the CID on Sunday (Nov 18).
The National Police Commission (NPC) ordered the transfer of Nishantha Silva, who was in charge of several high profile investigations, to be cancelled.
After the NPC intervened, IGP Pujith Jayasundara withdrew the transfer of Silva, who also handled the Lasantha Wickrematunga murder case and was also the main officer investigating the abduction and murder case of 11 youths by an alleged Navy abduction racket.
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Police Commission's intervention to cancel the transfer of IP Nishantha Silva symbolises the functioning of strong democratic institutions against arbitrary and tyrannical moves of the Executive.
Meanwhile, Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who had allegations of harbouring a wanted person with regard to the abduction of 11 youths, had reportedly stated that Nishantha Silva was an agent working for the LTTE. However, a police investigation conducted by the CID came to the conclusion that the claim made by the Chief of Defence against the Nishantha Silva was nothing but an utter lie, senior DIG in charge of the CID Ravi Seneviratne said in statement.
Leave your comments
Login to post a comment
Post comment as a guest