Deshabandu Tennakoon
Deshabandu Tennakoon | |
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| 36th Inspector General of Police | |
| In office 26 February 2024 – 24 July 2024 (suspended) (Acting: 29 November 2023 – 26 February 2024) Removed from office: 5 August 2025 | |
| Preceded by | C. D. Wickramaratne |
| Succeeded by | Priyantha Weerasooriya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1971 |
| Profession | Police officer |
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Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Wanshalankara Deshabandu Tennakoon, commonly known as Deshabandu Tennakoon (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්; born 7 March 1971), is a controversial Sri Lankan police officer who served as the 36th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police. Initially appointed as acting Inspector General on 29 November 2023, he was appointed to the position in his own right on 26 February 2024, and served until his suspension by the Supreme Court on 24 July 2024.
In March 2025, Tennakoon was reported to have gone missing after the magistrate's court ordered him to be arrested, and currently remains at large. On 5 August 2025, he was officially removed from the office of Inspector General by the Parliament of Sri Lanka.