DIG Peramune - a sportsman par excellence

Upananda JAYASUNDERA- Kandy Sports Special Correspondent

P.M.M.G.B. Peramune, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Central Range) is a very busy person with so much of police work, but he is one person who believes that work and play should go hand in hand with the day-to-day life.

Peramune had his education at Kegalu Vidyalaya from Grade one upto G.C.E (Advanced Level) and he is an all-round sportsman who represented the School in Volleyball, Cricket and Wrestling. He had the privilege of captaining the School Volleyball side and later he played for the District Volleyball team.

When he joined the Police Dept. as Sub-Inspector in 1980, he continued his sports for many years in the Inter-Division Police Competitions. He became Asst. Supdt. of Police in the year 1993 before working as Officer-in-Charge of Murukkan, Uda Pussellawa, Thalawakelle, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya Police Stations. At all these Stations he did not forget to promote sports among the staff. He became a Supdt. of Police in the year 2000 and Senior Supdt. of Police in the year 2005 and as A.S.P. he served in Hatton, Kantale and Ratnapura areas and as S.P. served Kandy as well as Vavuniya.

Peramune was serving at Ampara, Kuliyapitiya and Kandy Police Stations as S.S.P. and he also served as Director, Medical Services Division. As S.S.P. he was instrumental in organizing Inter-Division Police Sports Festival in the Kandy Division, at the end of 2011 which included Rugby, Volleyball (Men & Women), Cricket (Men & Women) and Twenty Police Station teams in the Kandy Division participated. He was promoted to Deputy Inspector General recently and was posted to the Central Range.

As Deputy Inspector General of Police he is intending to improve Sports activities in the Central Range giving the necessary facilities to the Police personnel.