Deshabandu Tennakoon
Deshabandu Tennakoon | |
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| 36th Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka) | |
| In office 26 February 2024 Acting: 29 November 2023–26 February 2024 – 24 July 2024 (suspended) | |
| Preceded by | C. D. Wickramaratne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1971 |
| Profession | Police officer |
Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Wanshalankara Deshabandu Tennakoon (born 7 March 1971), known as Deshabandu Tennakoon (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්), is a controversial Sri Lankan police officer. He was the first de facto Inspector General of the Sri Lankan Police. The Supreme Court suspended him on 24 July 2024. In March 2025 Tennakoon was reported to have gone missing after the magistrate's court ordered him to be arrested.