Two new DIGs Colombo, A'pura Range

DIG Nimal Mediweka will assume duties as DIG Colombo Range tomorrow. DIG Mediweka who joined the police as a sub - Inspector was promoted as an ASP in 1981 after passing a limited examination held for Police Inspectors.

He served in a number of districts in the country. As a Senior Supdt. of Police (SSP) he was in charge of Nuwera-Eliya, Kurunegala and the Jaffna Division.

After being promoted as a DIG he was in charge of Central Range (East) Nuwera-Eliya, NWP Range Kurunegala, Jaffna Range and the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) and the Central Range (Kandy).

Meanwhile the new Deputy Inspector General of Police for the North-Central Range, Jayantha Jayasinghe, assumes duties this week in Anuradhapura. He will be in charge of the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa divisions, including some of the "operational" areas.

DIG Jayasinghe completed a stint in charge of the Batticaloa range where he was responsible for opening five police stations and several police posts in newly liberated areas.

Entertainment programs and sporting events were also organised by the police in Batticaloa with the restoration of law and order in the region.