Committee to remove Deshabandu from IGP’s post meets

The Committee of Inquiry to inquire and report its findings on IGP T. M. W. Deshabandhu Tennakoon in respect of acts of gross abuse of power today met for the first time.

The Committee of Inquiry to inquire and report its findings on IGP T. M. W. Deshabandhu Tennakoon in respect of acts of gross abuse of power, met today (23) at the Parliamentary premises for the first time and held preliminary discussions.

The Committee of Inquiry is chaired by Supreme Court Judge P.P. Surasena and consists of Justice W. M. N. P. Iddawala and Mr. E. W. M. Lalith Ekanayake, Chairman, National Police Commission (Ex-officio).

This committee is scheduled to meet again on 25.04.2025.

Parliament on April 8 passed a resolution to appoint a Committee of Inquiry in terms of Section 5 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002, to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon from the office of the Inspector-General of Police for misconduct and gross abuse of power of his office in terms of Sections 3(d) and 3(e) read with Section 5 of the said Act.