Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The Committee of Inquiry to inquire and report its findings on suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, in respect of acts of gross abuse of power, concluded recording witness testimonies from the respondent Tennakoon's witness list on Tuesday (24).

Although Attorney-at-Law R.S. Weerawikrama, representing the respondent Deshabandu Tennakoon, previously stated that 15 witnesses, including the suspended IGP himself, were scheduled to testify, he later informed the committee that no further witnesses from the list would testify after two additional witnesses gave evidence on June 24, a statement said.

As a result, although the remaining witnesses appeared before the committee, they were releas...