Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yunin 1983 Weerasinghe, Babban Mataimakin Sufeto Janar na 'Yan Sanda, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan jami'an' yan sanda biyu na Sri Lanka waɗanda gwamnatin Burtaniya ta gayyace su zuwa Belfast don "ga ainihin matsayin 'yan sanda da sojoji a cikin ayyukan ta'addanci". An dakatar da ziyarar ne sakamakon zanga-zangar da aka yi a Sri Lanka a watan Yuli
Ka yi haƙuri. Shugaban J. R. Jayewardene ne ya nada shi a matsayin Sufeto Janar na 'Yan Sandan Sri Lanka a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1985. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin 'yan sanda a watan Disamba na shekarar 1985.