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IGP in hiding seeks to thwart arrest as manhunt intensifies
A two-member Appeals Court bench, comprising Acting President of the Court of Appeal Mohamed Lafar Tahir and Justice Sarath Dissanayake yesterday (10) directed that a petition filed on behalf of IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, to prevent his arrest, would be considered tomorrow (12).
Weligama Magistrate, on 28 February, ordered the arrest of Deshabandu Tennakoon, and seven personnel attached to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD), accused of carrying out a firearm attack on W 15 hotel at Weligama.
Lawyers for Tennakoon moved court amidst ongoing manhunt for Tennakoon, who has evaded arrest for over 10 days.
On behalf of Tennakoon, his lawyers filed a writ petition with the Court of Appeal seeking an order preventing his arrest.
The petition has sought an interim injunction to stay the arrest warrant issued against him by the Matara Magistrate’s Court.
One officer, attached to the CCD, died when a joint police and Army patrol fired at the team from Colombo in Weligama in December 2023.