For the first time in 24 years, a female police officer has been appointed as an Officer is Charge (OIC) of a police station in Sri Lanka.
Chief Inspector Kanchana Samarakoon was appointed as the OIC of the Naalla Police station in Gampaha, which was opened today.
A female police officer was last appointed as an OIC of a police station back in 1997.
Kanchana Samarakoon has joined the police department in 1997. (NewsWire)