CID gets first female Deputy Director

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Imesha Muthumala has been named Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), becoming the first woman to be appointed to the post. 

The appointment was made on the approval of the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, the Police said in a statement yesterday.

SSP Muthumala has over 14 years of experience and had joined as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) on 3 November 2007.

She holds a degree in science from the University of Ruhuna and an LLB degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka.

In addition, she followed foreign training courses on crisis management at the Hawaii Police Training Institute in the US, prevention of money laundering in Bangkok, conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), community policing at the Royal Police Academy in Malaysia, and cyber policing at the Hyderabad Police Academy in India.

SSP Muthumala also served at the Nugegoda Police Division, CID and the Police Clearance Unit.