New IGP takes office tomorrow
The new Inspector General of Police Indra de Silva is to assume office tomorrow, as the 28th Inspector General of Police.

Tuiyalage Indrasiri de Silva, who had his education at Dharmasoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda, entered the University of Peradeniya and obtained Second Class Honours in Bachelor of Arts in Geography.

He joined the Sri Lanka Police in December 1971 as an Assistant Superintendent of Police and had served in many parts of the country. As an SP he had served in Vavunia, Police Higher training, Director Police Headquarters.

After he was promoted to the rank of Senior Deputy Inspector General in 2000, he also served in Uva, Western Province (South) and Sabaragamuwa, and headed the Administrative Division. Before he was appointed the acting IGP in October, he was serving as the head of the Rangers.

Indra de Silva is also a lecturer of the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and Steering Committee Member of the National Integration Programme.

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