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New IGP calls on Defence Secretary
Daily FT
|August 26, 2025
NEWLY appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya yesterday paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Sampath Thuyacontha at the Defence Ministry
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Weerasooriya, who assumed duties asthe 37th IGP of Sri Lanka, was warmly received by the Defence Secretary.
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