Eight Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) had been transferred with effect from December 10 by Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon, the Police Department said.

The transfers had been based on service requirements with the approval of the Secretary of the Defence the Police Department said.

Transfer list is as follows:  

Maxi Proctor	DIG in charge of Ratnapura and Kegalle Districts
Rohan Dias	DIG in charge of Jaffna District
Jayantha Wickramasinghe	DIG in charge of Vavuniya District
T.B. Samsudeen	DIG in charge of Nuwara Eliya District
Gamini Mathurata	DIG in charge of Galle District
U.K. Dissanayake	DIG in charge of Killinochchi District

Meanwhile, DIG Ratnapura and Kegalle Mahesh Perera, has been appointed as the Police Special Branch DIG and Kithsiri Ganegama who served in the Jaffna District has been transferred as the DIG of Puttlam District, the police said.(DS)