COLOMBO : Senior Police Officer Imesha Muthumala, who is currently serving as the first female Deputy Director of the CID, is tipped to be the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Imesha Muthumala, who is among the first three female Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) in Sri Lankan police history, joined the police service as a probationary ASP on November 3, 2007. She was promoted to Superintendent of Police (SP) on March 23, 2017. If the position of Inspector General of Police (IGP) is opened to female officers, she could potentially advance to that rank. She is set to retire from the police service at the age of 60 in 2041.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Ruhuna and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka.
After joining the police service, Imesha Muthumala worked as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Nugegoda Police Division and also served in the Police Disciplinary Unit. She has worked as a supervising officer in the Computer Crimes Investigation Division of the CID. She was appointed as the Deputy Director of the CID in June 2021.
She has received specialized training, including a crisis management course at the Hawaii Police Training Institute in the United States, a money laundering prevention course by the FBI in Thailand, and courses on community policing at the Royal Malaysia Police Academy and the Hyderabad Police Academy in India. Additionally, she has studied a course on cybercrime in India.
While Imesha Muthumala has been proposed for the role of CID Director, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) P. Ampavila has already been appointed as the Deputy Inspector General of the CID.

October 6, 2024