Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser, MP Namal Rajapaksa, has strongly criticised the Inspector General of Police (IGP), stating that he should feel ashamed to serve a government whose Members of Parliament allegedly attack police officers on the streets.
Addressing the media over an incident in which National People’s Power (NPP) MP Shantha Padma Kumara is accused of assaulting a police officer, Rajapaksa said the current IGP is not acting as the country’s police chief but as the “IGP of the NPP government.”
He claimed that such incidents have created a situation where police officers are hesitant to carry out their duties independently, fearing political pressure and reprisals.
Rajapaksa further alleged that MPs who once accused the Rajapaksa family of involvement in drug-related activities are now linked to the cultivation of cannabis. He said police officers who raided a cannabis plantation allegedly owned by a NPP government MP have faced harassment, including the transfer of one officer involved in the raid.
According to Rajapaksa, the same MP later attacked another police officer on the road after the raid.
He further accused the government of suppressing investigations into a car accident involving former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala by transferring officers who were conducting the inquiry.
The SLPP MP alleged that political power is being used to interfere with law enforcement and questioned the conduct of the IGP in remaining silent over such incidents. (Newswire)