Four female SSPs appointed DIGs for the first time in SL Police history

According to the recommendations of Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasuriya, the four officers have been promoted to the vacant female DIG posts based on a list approved by the National Police Commission. Their promotions take effect from 1 January 2025.

The officers are:

DIG Darshika Kumari – First female Commanding Officer of the Police Field Force Headquarters.

DIG Padmini Weerasuriya – First and only female officer in Sri Lanka to have been in charge of a district, currently serving as Acting DIG of Kalutara District, and the first female Director of Investigations at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

DIG Renuka Jayasundara – Currently Acting DIG of the Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children & Women.

DIG Nishani Seneviratne – Currently Acting DIG and Head of the Research and Information Division; longest-serving female officer in the State Intelligence Service.

All four were part of the first batch of female apprentice sub-inspectors recruited to the Sri Lanka Police in 1997, marking yet another milestone in the force’s history.