Sri Lanka, March 20 -- The mouse hunt on former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon concluded yesterday (19) when he surrendered to the Matara Magistrate Court after evading arrest for more than two weeks. In February this year, the Matara Magistrate Court issued an arrested warrant on the former IGP and eight others in connection to a fatal shooting that took place in Weligama in December 2023 which claimed the life of a Police sergeant while injuring a sub-inspector of Police. One of the main allegations against suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon was that he had sent Colombo Crime Division officers to the Southern Province for personal reasons.
Investigations later accused Tennakoon of maintaining an unofficial armed s...