He was relatively young but fate suddenly claimed this life, when he was at work as a Senior Superintendent of Police attached to the ‘Joint operations command room coordinating work with the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
He was born on December 30th 1951 at Ambiliya in Kandy and had his secondary education at St. Sylvester's College, Kandy where he played cricket and soccer, and cricket was his forte.
He joined the police as a Sub Inspector on 1973 and passed out from the police college Kalutara in 1974 and was posted to Galle. The Supdt.. of Police at that time at Galle knew Vimal’s bowling ability and was taken into the Galle division cricket team immediately.
From Galle he was transferred to Badulla and after a short time he was transferred out of Badulla to the CID.
When the Ministerial Security Division (M.S.D.) was formed, I had the fortune to be its first OIC and had about 35 Inspectors with me, and Vimal came on transfer here, and was detailed as the Chief Security Officer to then Minister & Education late Mr. Nissanka Wijeratna in 1979.
The same year we became the ‘C’ Division Cricket Champions and the then DIG/CID, Herbert Weerasinghe came up and congratulated Vimal for his brilliant performance, obtaining six wickets in the 2nd second innings.
Vimal was promoted to the rank of Inspector in 1980, as ASP on 1992 and as Superintendent five years later. At the time of his death, he was a Senior Supdt.. of Police.
His demise is a loss to the Department and a bigger loss to his friends.
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