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Courtroom killing: Udaya points to IGP’s lapses
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday alleged that there had been a conspiracy to kill Ganemulle Sanjeewa at the Hulftsdorp court complex.
Referring to Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya’s recent revelation that the police had refrained from producing Sanjeewa in the Gampaha court, the previous day, following intelligence report of a possible attempt on his life, the former Minister said that the police chief owed an explanation.
Addressing the media at his Pita Kotte office the former parliamentarian demanded to know why the police and prison authorities produced him in court on 19 February.
The former Minister emphasised that the police chief couldn’t have been unaware of the serious threat to Sanjeewa’s life.
The ex-Minister said that he didn’t have faith in the Secretary to the Public Security Ministry, retired senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, conducting a proper probe into the lapses and negligence on the part of the IGP.
He said that knowing how Seneviratne had failed to act on specific advance intelligence on the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage there was no point in expecting him to do the right thing. (SF)
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished bys the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to extend Visas of those unable to leave Sri Lanka due to the
cancellation of flights to the Middle East from 28.02.2026 for another 14 days without any payments and re-extend the extended Visas for another 14 days without payments if the flights cancellations continue.
Taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint Sunil Galagama, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, as the District Secretary to Badulla Administrative District with immediate effect.
The Cabinet of Ministers, taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, have decided to appoint Anupama Mangala Wickramaarachchi, a special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is serving as the Additional Commissioner General of Agrarian Development of the Department of the Agrarian Development at present, as the District Secretary , Ampara Administrative district with immediate effect.
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