Sri Lanka's IGP visits Jaffna
[TamilNet, Monday, 18 October 2004, 13:15 GMT]
Sri Lanka's 29th Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr.Chandra Fernando paid
his first official visit Monday to Jaffna after he assumed his new position. ''
More police personnel fluent in Tamil language would be appointed to police
stations in Jaffna district,'' he told officers-in-charge local police
stations at a conference held at the regional police headquarters located in Kankesanthurai, police sources said.
IGP inquired from local police officials the shortcomings and needs to main
law and order and to improve public-police relationship in the future,
sources added. He arrived in Palaly airport where Sri Lanka Army's regional headquarters
is located. Around one p.m. he toured Jaffna town and held a conference at the
Jaffna office of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM). He is reported to
have inquired from the SLMM monitors regarding the ground situation and
problems they face. The discussion was held at the request of the IGP, SLMM
sources said. Thereafter, he visited Ariyakulam Naga Vihare where he attended special
religious observances. He left Jaffna late evening. Security in Jaffna town and its suburbs were strengthened during his visit.
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