A petition was filed by 33 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) seeking an order staying the National Police Commission’s (NPC) decision to appoint Jasin Arachchi as a DIG. Police Legal Division Director SSP Ruwan Gunasekara and 32 other SSPs have filed this petition challenging the NPC’s decision to appoint then-SSP Jasin Arachchi to a DIG post. The petitioners maintain that the decision to appoint Jasin Arachchi to the post of a DIG is illegal and unlawful. However, the legal representative of DIG Bimshani Jasin Arachchi in the aforementioned letter to IGP claimed that while it was claimed there are 33 Petitioners challenging her appointment in the FR application No. The Police appointed SSP Jasin Arachchi as its first Woman DIG in 2020.

Source: The Nation May 10, 2021 22:30 UTC