IGP Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasuriya has introduced a new WhatsApp number through which the public can contact the police. Using this number, the public as well as police officers can directly inform the IGP of their concerns and information.
Accordingly, the new WhatsApp number 071 – 8598888 will be operational from today (13).
This number can only be used to send a text message directly to the IGP, and to send videos and photos. However, this number cannot receive calls.