Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on Could 13, 2026 – 6:37 pm
Shani Abeysekara
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has dominated that Legal Investigation Division (CID) Director, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekara, is certified to be appointed as a Deputy Inspector Common of Police (DIG), with the promotion set to take impact from August 25, 2020.
The choice was delivered after the tribunal thought-about an enchantment filed by Abeysekara relating to his eligibility for the submit of Deputy Inspector Common of Police.
The enchantment was heard earlier than a panel comprising former Supreme Courtroom Justice Ok.T. Chitrasiri, Excessive Courtroom Decide Sreenathi Nandasena, and former Ministry Secretary J.J. Rathnasiri.
In line with the ruling, the tribunal decided that Abeysekara had met the required {qualifications} for the promotion and acknowledged that he may very well be appointed to the place with impact from August 25, 2020.
The tribunal additionally ordered that every one wage arrears and allowances misplaced by him from the date of his suspension as much as the current be paid.
The tribunal’s choice was knowledgeable to the Nationwide Police Fee at this time (Could 13) for additional motion.
Shani Abeysekara is thought to be a distinguished officer within the historical past of the Sri Lanka Police and is understood for main a number of advanced prison investigations within the nation’s latest historical past.
Shani Abeysekara, who’s extensively often called a talented detective, turned the Director of the CID for the primary time in 2017.
Notable investigations carried out beneath his supervision embody the homicide of rugby participant Wasim Thajudeen, the kidnapping and disappearance of 11 youths in and round Colombo, the homicide of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, and the Rathupaswala capturing.
Moreover, Abeysekara was concerned in uncovering the mysteries behind a number of high-profile murders, together with the Royal Park homicide, the Angulana double homicide, the Udathalawinna bloodbath, and the killing of Mohamed Siyam.
On July 31, 2020, Abeysekara was arrested and remained in remand custody for round 11 months earlier than being launched on bail by the Courtroom of Attraction on June 16, 2021.
Following the formation of the brand new authorities by the Nationwide Individuals’s Energy in 2024, the Nationwide Police Fee accredited the reappointment of former SSP Shani Abeysekara to the Sri Lanka Police Service on a one-year contract beneath the provisions of Round 3/2018, efficient from October 10, 2024.
He was subsequently appointed because the Director of the CID once more on June 28, 2025.
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