C. D. Wickramaratne

Chandana D. Wickramaratne is a Sri Lankan police officer who currently serves as the acting Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka. He is a Senior Deputy Inspector General, who took on the role of acting Inspector-General of Police from the incumbent, Pujith Jayasundara, who was suspended for the major intelligence lapse following the 2019 Easter bombings.[1] On 13 May 2019, C. D. Wickramaratne was approved to work as acting IGP by the Constitutional Council.[2][3]

C. D. Wickramaratne
Acting Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
In office
29 April 2019 – present[N 1]
Preceded byPujith Jayasundara
Personal details
ProfessionPolice officer

Easter bombings

On the 26 April 2019, President Maithripala Sirisena ordered the Inspector General of Police, Jayasundara, to resign over intelligence failures that led to the fatal Easter bomb attacks.[4] Jayasundara refused to resign and was put on compulsory leave with Wickramaratne appointed as the acting Inspector General.[5][6] The temporary appointment became a controversy as Jayasundara denied the allegations levelled against him by the President filed a court case against the government regarding the intelligence lapse.

Other cases

He also ordered a special investigation to probe statements made by former LTTE cadre Karuna Amman who claimed to have killed more than 3000 army soldiers at the Elephant Pass during the war and claimed that he was barbaric than the COVID-19 related fatalities in the country. [7][8]

References
  1. Currently on compulsory leave
  1. admin (2019-04-29). "Senior DIG Wickramaratne appointed acting IGP". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. admin (2019-05-13). "CC approves Senior DIG Wickramaratne as acting IGP". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. "Sunday Times - CC approves appointment of Senior DIG Wickramaratne as Acting IGP". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  4. admin (2019-04-29). "Pujith Jayasundara sent on compulsory leave". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  5. "IGP sent on compulsory leave". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "Sri Lanka : President appoints new Chief Justice and Auditor General, Acting Attorney General and Acting IGP". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  7. "Karuna Amman summoned to the CID to record a statement". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  8. "Acting IGP orders CID to investigate Karuna Amman's statement on killing soldiers". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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