Obituary: Former DIG Vamadevan The funeral is on Thursday 8 June, At St Christopher’s Catholic Church Holsworthy at 10.30am. Then to Leppington crematorium at 12.30 followed by a wake at Antegra Estate restaurant at 1pm. Vama and his wife Charmaine were very much associated with the Sri Lankan NSW Catholic Association. He lived a quiet life in Sydney. You will find interesting stories about his experience in Sri Lanka as a student of the first batch of students at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya below. How tough cops got over tricky situations – Former DIG Vamadevan recalls police life in old Ceylon I had three stints working in the City of Colombo. First as a young Probationer with the four others in the batch. I worked in Colombo when Mr. C. P. Wambeek was Superintendent of Police, Colombo (CPC as it was referred to in Police circles). He was a ...