The Inspector General of Police informed the Supreme Court that five Police Officers in Charge (OICs), previously transferred due to their failure to prevent the burning of Ministers' houses during a period of unrest, have now been assigned suitable police stations as agreed in court.
The Fundamental Rights petitions filed by these five Police OICs were revisited before the Supreme Court, with Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Gamini Amarasekara, and A.H.M.D. Nawaz presiding over the proceedings.
During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, representing the IGP, confirmed that suitable police stations had indeed been allocated to the petitioners as per the prior court agreement.
Subsequently, three petitioner OICs expressed their consent to assume responsibility for these designated police stations, leading the bench to close the hearing on their petitions.
However, the legal representatives of the remaining two petitioner police officers conveyed their refusal to accept the police stations proposed by the Inspector General of Police. Furthermore, they informed the court that their positions had been downgraded.
As a result, the bench scheduled a subsequent session on May 29 to deliberate on the petitions submitted by the two petitioning Police Station OICs.
President's Counsel Saliya Peiris appeared on behalf of the petitioners.
