, Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said that while the Acting IGP’s term was expected to end at the end of this month, they had not received confirmation yet on whether his term would be extended.

“This will have to come from the Presidential Secretariat, at the discretion of the President,” he said.

President Wickremesinghe will take the decision on the term of the Acting IGP towards the end of this month.

Acting IGP Tennakoon assumed his post in November 2023, following the retirement of IGP C.D. Wickramaratne, after the latter was granted four service extensions by President Wickremesinghe