Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued an interim order restraining Deshabandu Tennakoon from exercising his duties as the Inspector General of Police till the final hearing of fundamental rights petitions filed against him.
A three-member bench of the apex court issued the order that would stand until the completion of the hearing on nine fundamental rights petitions filed against the police chief.
Tennakoon was subject to stricture last year by the Supreme Court for violation of the fundamental rights of an individual by torturing him in custody in 2011.
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