Rs. 8 million to be spent on Police day, although barracks have no lavatories

Sep 07, 2017

Reports say Rs. eight million is to be spent on the function to mark the 151st Police Day. IGP Pujith Jayasundara has this time changed the date for the Police Day too.

Sri Lanka police was started on 03 September 1866. Hence, Police Day fell on September 03. However, Jayasundara changed it to September 07, as he had other work on his diary on that day.
The IGP is going to spend Rs. eight million on the Police Day at a time when police barracks are even without lavatories.

Subject minister Sagala Ratnayake recently made an unannounced visit to the police barracks at D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha and saw that they were not fit for human habitation. Seeing that they had no proper lavatory facilities, the minister reprimanded all top police officers. However, Pujith does not care about the sufferings of junior policemen and only tries to be smart in front of his bosses.

Policemen are yet to receive their pairs of shoes, socks, vests. But, Police Day is to be marked at a cost of Rs. eight million. The estimate has been sent to law and order secretary Jagath Wijeweera. Being a good friend of Pujith, he will approve it without delay.