15 senior police officers, including 06 DIGs, have been transferred with immediate effect, police said.

The transfers, approved by the National Police Commission, are based on service requirements.

DIGs G.I.D.R. Wijesinghe, G.A.N.L. Wijesena, I.B.T. Sugathapala, L.A.U. Sarath Kumara, A.L.U.N Liyanage and A.S.P.C. Wedamulla are among those transferred, alongside six SSPs and three SPs, including the Director of the Police Special Bureau.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha has yesterday (July 01) withdrawn the Police complaint filed against fellow party member MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, accusing the latter of physical assault at the Presidential Secretariat. 

The clash had reportedly taken place on June 03.

Gunathilaka Rajapaksha’s son had filed a complaint with the Colombo-Fort Police claiming that MP Aluthgamage had assaulted his father during the party meeting and that his father had to undergo a surgery following a leg injury.

Meanwhile, cMP Mahindananda Aluthgamage had responded that he had not assaulted MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha, saying the latter had fallen down the stairs. 

MP Aluthgamage had also warned of initiating legal action against MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha for raising false allegations against him.

ASP Sanjeewa Mahanama, who is sought over the shooting incident of former MP – Uddika Premarathne, has left for another country from Malaysia, reports say.

It is said that the CID has initiated a comprehensive investigation in this regard.

The CID has learnt that the ASP Mahanama, who had initially left for Malaysia with his family, had not spent at least a week in Malaysia.

According to reports, they have sought the assistance of INTERPOL to identify his whereabouts.