This is the fifth time he is to receive a service extension.

Sources from the police headquarters say that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has made the above directive.

Accordingly, Senanayake becomes the police officer who has received the most number of service extensions in the 148-year long history of the Sri Lanka police.

Although the IGP has opposed the above move, the President is to table the relevant cabinet paper for Cabinet approval this week, sources further say.