Police juniors who follow the footsteps of their boss!
Oct 09, 2016
Junior members of the police are ridiculing the new IGP Pujith Jayasundara and his position through their behaviour since his appointment. After becoming the head of police, he declared that his appointment was the result of his having beseeched gods to get the position.
He has appointed a so-called committee of intellectuals (which the juniors call a Gon Sabhawa) to obtain advice, but that too, has become a failure now. An obedient follower of the defence secretary of the former Rajapaksa regime, Jayasundara is still behaving as if he lives in the past.
As he carries himself so, there are reports of a junior officer from Beruwela police, who follows the footsteps of his boss. Its OIC, Inspector Duminda Rajapakse is cutting out talented officers and giving preferential treatment to his cronies, reports say. He does so by using the political powers of state minister in ‘Yahapaalana’ Dilip Wedarachchi. Rajapakse is the brother in law of Wedarachchi. He uses the power of his minister relative and intimidating the juniors.
These days he is attempting to get a friend of his appointed as the ASP of Kalutara. He is using Wedarachchi’s political strength to get Sanjeewa Bandara, who was close to ex-minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena alias Rattaran, appointed to the position. He is boasting that if he succeeds, he will become influential not just for Beruwela, but for the entire Kalutara district.
He is also using powers of his brother in law to intimidate officers who carry out their duties in a somewhat reasonable manner under the ‘Yahapaalana’ regime. During the previous regime, such incidents were commonplace, and it is not good for the ‘Yahapaalana’ government that such incidents happen even infrequently, as it has come to power to end such incidents. If those in authority do not take immediate remedial steps, such incidents will become an everyday happening once again.
As he carries himself so, there are reports of a junior officer from Beruwela police, who follows the footsteps of his boss. Its OIC, Inspector Duminda Rajapakse is cutting out talented officers and giving preferential treatment to his cronies, reports say. He does so by using the political powers of state minister in ‘Yahapaalana’ Dilip Wedarachchi. Rajapakse is the brother in law of Wedarachchi. He uses the power of his minister relative and intimidating the juniors.
These days he is attempting to get a friend of his appointed as the ASP of Kalutara. He is using Wedarachchi’s political strength to get Sanjeewa Bandara, who was close to ex-minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena alias Rattaran, appointed to the position. He is boasting that if he succeeds, he will become influential not just for Beruwela, but for the entire Kalutara district.
He is also using powers of his brother in law to intimidate officers who carry out their duties in a somewhat reasonable manner under the ‘Yahapaalana’ regime. During the previous regime, such incidents were commonplace, and it is not good for the ‘Yahapaalana’ government that such incidents happen even infrequently, as it has come to power to end such incidents. If those in authority do not take immediate remedial steps, such incidents will become an everyday happening once again.
