Pujith Jayasundara

Pujith Senadhi Bandara Jayasundara is a Sri Lankan police officer. He is the 34th and current Inspector-General of Police.

Pujith Jayasundara
34th Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
Assumed office
20 April 2016
Preceded byNugagaha Kapalle Illangakoon
Personal details
Born
Pujith Senadhi Bandara Jayasundara

15 March 1960
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
ProfessionPolice officer

Early life and education

Jayasundara was born 15 March 1960 in Kurunegala. He is the son of Ranbandara Jayasundara, who worked for an electronics and radio appliance manufacturing company in Colombo. He received his primary education at Thaksala Maha Vidyalaya in Mahamukalanyaya in Bogamuwa. At grade five, he was admitted to Ibbagamuwa Central School and then joined Dharmaraja College in Kandy in 1969 soon after. He graduated from University of Sri Jayewardenepura with a Bachelor of Commerce with a class of second upper.[1]

Police career

He joined the Sri Lanka Police in 1985 as an Probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police. He worked as a Senior Deputy Inspector General of Sri Lanka Police prior to his appointment as the IGP.[2]

Jayasundara was appointed on 20 April 2016, recommended by the newly appointed constitutional Council of Sri Lanka. He was chosen from among three Senior Deputy Inspector Generals of Police. The Constitutional Council approved his appointment.[3] He was expected to prosecute cases against former President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse and his allies.[4]

Easter bombings

On the 26 April 2019 President Maithripala Sirisena ordered Jayasundara to resign over failures that led to the deadly Easter bomb attacks. Due to a lack of response from Jayasundara, he was put on compulsory leave with Senior DIG C. D. Wickramaratne appointed as the acting Inspector General.[5]

However in a 20-page complaint Jayasundara claimed that there were serious communication gaps between intelligence agencies and security arms of the government, all which fall under Sirisena. He also stated that the State Intelligence Service Intelligence Service (SIS) which reports directly to the president ordered him to stop ongoing police investigations into Islamic militants including the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ).[6]

Notes

    References
    1. "FP | Pujith Jayasundara nominated for IGP". Frontpage.lk. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
    2. "SDIG Pujith Jayasundara If I were... ::: Dailymirror.lk ::: Breaking News". Dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
    3. "Pujitha Jayasundara wins Sri Lanka's IGP race". Lanka Business Online. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
    4. "Sri Lanka's new IGP to speed up cases against Rajapaksa regime members". Economynext. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
    5. "IGP sent on compulsory leave". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
    6. "Police chief blames president for failing to prevent SL attacks". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
    Police appointments
    Preceded by
    Nugagaha Kapalle Illangakoon    		 Sri Lankan Inspector General of Police
    2016–2019    		 Succeeded by
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