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3 unusual facts about Sri Lanka Police Service


Assistant superintendent

In the Sri Lanka Police Service, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) is the lowest rank of senior gazetted officer.

This rank is used Sri Lanka where the officer is supposed to be in the Sri Lanka Police Service (where it is denoted by one, two or three stars depending on seniority) and the police forces of a number of other Commonwealth countries.

Sub-inspector

In the Sri Lanka Police Service, sub-inspector of police (SI) is the lowest rank of gazetted officers.


Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali

The investigation carried out by Sri Lanka Police and Scotland Yard separately concluded that the assassination was carried out by a Tamil youth named Appiah Balakrishnan alias Ragunathan, who was affiliated to LTTE.


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