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A 64-year-old suspect who had brought the girl to work at the former minister’s residence was also arrested.
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Poice said investigations have revealed that a total of 10 people had abused the 13-year-old victim.
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The police media division said the latest suspect who is a resident in Negombo was arrested on Monday (12).
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The Maldivian national had paid for the underage girl’s services, while a hotel manager had provided a room
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“This is being carried out by criminals or and certain prison inmates"
Such deaths will tarnish Sri Lanka’s image, the BASL said.
This is the second time this week an alleged underworld leader was killed while in police custody
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The four young men who brazenly stuck their torsos out of a moving vehicle on the southern expressway last Saturday (10)...
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Police has tracked down the owner of a car that was being driven recklessly on the southern expressway last Saturday (10...
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Indian authorities seized a Sri Lankan fishing vessel carrying 300kg of heroin worth USD 408 million, five AK-47 rifles ...
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The Police are accusing free-lance Journalist Sujeewa Gamage of cooking up the story that he was abducted and assaulted ...
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Former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others have been remanded by the Special High Court hearing the alle...
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Crime surrounding the increased use of hard drugs in Sri Lanka is a major societal and law and order concern, but are we...
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Police Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is probing an allegation by journalist Sujeewa Gamage, a web journalist who says he...
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Garnier Francis, the Swiss Embassy employee has been indicted under the Penal Code by the High Court for allegedly provi...
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Attorney General Dappula de Livera has ordered the Police to arrest all the police officers allegedly involved in the as...
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A Sub-Inspector of Police working at the Buttala Police station is suspected to be the killer of the 30-year old woman w...
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The headless body that was found last evening in an abandoned travel bag in Dam Street, Colombo has not been taken for p...
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Public Security Minister Adm. (Ret) Sarath Weerasekara has ordered the interdiction of a group of Police officers who al...
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Police have nabbed a group repackaging expired packets of jumbo peanuts into packets with a new expiry date printed on t...
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“No reason to withdraw security has been given to me,” the TNA MP told reporters
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Police are investigating an incident where a civilian sustained injuries in an incident involving troops on patrol in th...
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National Peoples’ Power (NPP) is accusing the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into political victimization (PCOI) o...
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Police say a complaint by a doctor from the Peradeniya hospital that he was assaulted by Dhammika Bandara and his associ...
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Police are ruling out any extremism or terrorism associated with the minor attack on a Buddha statue in Hingula, Mawanel...
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Activists fear that unknown persons are attempting to stoke ethnic tensions in Mawanella similar to the incident in Dece...
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