Wickremasinghe B. Rajaguru (born 31 August 1938) was the 25th
Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (1995–1998).
Rajaguru attended
St. Anthony's College, Kandy.
In 1993 he was forcibly retired at the age of 55 but following the election of the
People's Alliance government at the
1994 parliamentary elections they granted the option for senior police officers who had faced potential political victimisation to appeal and request to be re-instated with back-wages. Rajaguru was one of the six officers reinstated and placed in the rank of Senior DIG.
He was appointed as IGP on 29 July 1995. In 1996 he established the
Central Anti Vice Striking Force (CAVSF), a police division whose focus was stopping public-order crimes like gambling, narcotics, prostitution, and illegal sales of alcohol.
On 7 December 1996 an American-built
Bell 212
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air force
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helicopter
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carrying Sri Lanka’s Deputy Defence Minister,
Anuruddha Ratwatte
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Early life
Born in Kandy ...
, Army Commander,
Rohan Daluwatte
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and Rajaguru crashed several miles north of the
Weli Oya
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...
army base in
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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-held jungle of northern Sri Lanka. The officers trekked before being found by commandos sent to rescue them.
Rajaguru retired from the police service on 31 August 1998. He was succeeded by
Lakdasa Kodituwakku.
Bibliography
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References
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1938 births
Living people
Alumni of St. Anthony's College, Kandy
Sinhalese people
Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police