Sri Lanka sacks high-ranking police officer over Easter Sunday bombings

A Deputy Inspector General of constabulary successful Sri Lanka has been sacked from the work pursuing a disciplinary enquiry related to the 2019 Easter Sunday panic attacks.

Nilantha Jayawardena, who antecedently served arsenic the caput of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), was placed connected compulsory permission by the National Police Commission (NPC) successful July 2024, pending an interior investigation.

Following the decision of the inquiry, the NPC decided to disregard Jayawardena from service.

"It was decided astatine the gathering of the constabulary committee held connected July 17 to bid the contiguous dismissal from constabulary work of the elder lawman inspector wide of police, Nilantha Jayawardena," the NCP said successful a statement.

About 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed arsenic termination bombers belonging to the section Islamist extremist radical National Thawheed Jamaat, linked to ISIS, carried retired a bid of blasts that tore done 3 churches and arsenic galore luxury hotels successful Sri Lanka connected Easter Sunday successful 2019.

On March 21, 2024, the constabulary committee decided to behaviour a disciplinary enquiry against Jayawardena for his negligence of duty, which led to the Easter Sunday attack.

The study of the disciplinary probe was received by the constabulary committee 2 weeks ago. The committee ruled that Jayawardena was blameworthy of each the counts successful the chargesheet served connected him.

Jayawardena becomes the astir elder constabulary serviceman to beryllium recovered blameworthy of dereliction of duty.

He was ordered to wage a 75 cardinal rupee good arsenic compensation to the victims.

The Supreme Court successful 2023 ruled that erstwhile President Maithripala Sirisena, erstwhile Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, erstwhile National Intelligence Chief Sisira Mendis and erstwhile SIS Chief Jayawardena had violated the Fundamental Rights of the petitioners by failing to enactment connected anterior quality that could person prevented the attacks.

The past President Sirisena was ordered to wage 100 cardinal to the relatives of the victims.

The onslaught became a governmental contented successful the country, with the past rulers, the Rajapaksa family, being accused of utilizing the onslaught to regain power.

The Catholic church, unimpressed by the constabulary investigations, called for planetary investigations to bring justness to the families of victims.