IGP must resign: UNP MP

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United National Party Parliamentarian Palitha Thawarapperuma who was injured in the Aluthgama riots last Sunday, has called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police, for failing to maintain the peace during the violence.

“If he doesn’t resign, I will,” Thawarapperuma told a news conference at Sirikotha yesterday. He said it was a shame to be representing a district in which such a situation had been permitted to unravel. The Kalutara District MP was badly injured and his vehicle smashed when he attempted to transport the relatives of a Muslim individual who had died in Aluthgama to Welipenna, he had previously told reporters. Thawarapperuma said the IGP should quit his position, whether his men were acting on higher orders or not.