Former Deputy Inspector General of Police Nalaka Silva, who was arrested on charges of conspiring to assassinate two former presidents, has been reinstated.
He was arrested for conspiring to kill former President Maithripala Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
According to police sources, he has been appointed as the DIG in charge of Puttalam area.
DIG Nalaka Silva, who was in charge of the Terrorism Investigation Division at the time, was arrested in 2018 against the backdrop of a complaint made by a representative Namal Kumara that there was a conspiracy to assassinate the two former presidents.