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title: "Acting IGP recommends transfer of Welikada OIC over youth’s death in police custody"
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date: 2025-04-06
modified: 2025-04-06
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# Acting IGP recommends transfer of Welikada OIC over youth’s death in police custody

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The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasuriya, has recommended to the National Police Commission that the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Welikada Police Station be transferred to enable an impartial inquiry into the death of a youth in police custody in the early hours of April 2, 2025.

Furthermore, the Acting IGP has taken steps to suspend a Police Sergeant and a Police Constable (PC) attached to Welikada Police, according to the Police Media Division.