Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will summon police top brass to Temple Trees this week to discuss ways and means of arresting the trend of escalating violence, killings and drug menace.

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe on Friday met senior ministers including Law and Order and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayake. He said there was no point in having ceremonies to mark the police day while people of the country were living in fear of underworld elements.

The Police Department should be able to maintain law and order and if they could not carry out that duty to the satisfaction of the people he saw no point in holding ceremonies to mark the 150th anniversary of the police which was scheduled to be celebrated on September 3, the Premier said demanding to know the details of the killing of businessman Mohammed Suleiman of Kotalawala Avenue, Bambalapitiya.

The Prime Minister informed the ministers that he would review the present situation and bring in necessary changes to restore law and order situation, sources said.

Courtesy: The Island