Sri Lanka Orders Arrest of Top Police Watchdog
Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Sri Lanka's chief prosecutor on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a top officer at the police watchdog over his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar gun-running racket.
Saman Dissanayake, the secretary and third in command of the National Police Commission, was ordered to appear in court by Friday over the transfer of state weapons to a private company.
At the time of the offence, he was a top official in the defence ministry under Sri Lanka's then-president Mahinda Rajapakse.
Dissanayake had exhausted his attempts at securing anticipatory bail and could now be arrested, state attorney
