{"id":488,"date":"2023-11-04T09:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T04:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2023-11-04T09:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T04:04:32","slug":"c-d-wickramaratnes-tenure-as-igp-extended-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"C D Wickramaratne\u2019s tenure as IGP extended once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector General of Police (IGP) C. D. Wickramaratne has been granted yet another service extension, Sri Lanka Police confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Wickramaratne, on Friday (03 Nov.) was granted a further three weeks to serve as the IGP, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated.<\/p>\n<p>The current police chief was previously granted service extensions on three occasions, with the most recent one in October.<\/p>\n<p>Wickramaratne was supposed to retire from the police service on 26 March, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>However, President Ranil Wickremesinghe had extended his tenure by three months until 26 June by way of a special gazette notification dated 06 April.<\/p>\n<p>Later, on 09 July, he was granted a second service extension of three months, followed by a three-week extension given on 13 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector General of Police (IGP) C. D. Wickramaratne has been granted yet another service extension, Sri Lanka Police confirmed. 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