IGP Pujith Jayasundara arrested by CID
Posted by Editor on October 1, 2019 - 12:52 pm
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), stated the Police Media Spokesperson.
The arrest has been made over an incident of assaulting a lift operator at the Police Headquarters in 2017.
UPDATE: Inspector-General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, who was arrested earlier today (01), has been released on bail by the Fort Magistrate’s Court .
The IGP was granted bail under the bail condition of a surety bail of Rs 200,000.
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