April 05, Colombo (LNW): The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Deshabandu Tennakoon, arrived at the Supreme Court complex this morning (April 5), adhering to the summons issued to him yesterday.
Tennakoon was summoned by the country’s apex court in response to fundamental rights (FR) petitions filed by five chief inspectors regarding their transfers following the ‘Aragalaya’ movement.
Legal representatives for the petitioners presented pertinent details before a three-member judge bench led by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya yesterday. Following this presentation, the court directed the police chief to appear before the court today for further inquiry into the matter.
