OIC, Deraniyagala police transferred

11 July 2013 08:20 pm

The Officer In-charge of the Deraniyagala police station N.D.Gunawardane was transferred to the Padukka police station with immediate effect, police sources said yesterday.

Sources said that the transfer was made following the recent killing of an estate superintendent in Deraniyagala.

Meanwhile, a Special Task Force camp had been established temporally in Nooriyawatta, Deraniyagala in order to maintain law and order in the area.

A former Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha chairman and several others are in CID custody over the killing of the superintendent.