• Declaring police curfew contrary to Police Ordinance and any other statutory law

by Lakmal Sooriyagoda 

A lawyer by profession, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) against Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickremaratne for declaring police curfew within seven police divisions on Friday (July 8).

 In his complaint, Attorney-at-law Udara Muhandiramge was seeking a declaration that IGP Wickremaratne has violated his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 12(1), 14(1), a, b, c, g and h of the constitution by declaring police curfew was contrary to the law.

The complaint is of the view that neither the Police Ordinance nor any other statutory law has provisions for imposing a police curfew.