A posthumous promotion has been given to the Police Constable who lost his life while pursuing a suspect by plunging into a canal in Ja-Ela.
Police Constable Krishnamoorthi Prathapan was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant, according to Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa.
The 26-year-old Police Constable was went missing on 23 November, after a suspect, being pursued by a group of police officers, had jumped into the canal in a bid to evade arrest.
Four police officers were believed to have followed suit and jumped into the canal by which time one of them went missing.
His body was found in Pamunugama of Negombo Lagoon area the following day (24).
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