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Constable suspended for harassing sexual abuse victim

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1 year ago

January 25, 2023

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The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Matale has taken steps to suspend a police constable for sexually assaulting a teenaged girl who visited the police station to complain about being sexually abused.

The suspended police constable is attached to the Mahawela Police.

He has committed the crime on August 27 last year while working at the Kandenuwara Police in Matale.

The victim who had been sexually assaulted by the constable had visited the police station to lodge a complaint about being sexually abused.

Following the complaint, the officers of the Kandenuwara Police have decided to take the girl to the scene of crime and conduct an on-site inspection.

Though a female officer was supposed to accompany her to the scene of the crime, she was accompanied by a sub-inspector and the constable.

She was taken to Galgamuwa where the incident happened along with her grandfather in a three-wheeler.

Subsequently, the girl has complained to the Meegalewa Police that the police constable molested her by touching her thighs and other parts of her body during the journey.

The Meegalewa Police have taken steps to forward this complaint to the Matale Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and Women.

Accordingly, Bureau officers have discovered that the girl was molested by the police constable in the three-wheeler.

Steps have been taken to file a case against him in the Matale High Court.

The police constable appeared in court yesterday (23) and was released on two sureties of Rs.500,000 each and the case is to be taken up again on March 31.

Source – Dinamina

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Bill suspending Parate Law, passed

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7 hours ago

May 7, 2024

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The Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill, which was amended to facilitate legal provisions for the suspension of Parate Law until December 15, 2024, was passed in Parliament without amendments today (May 07).

This amendment introduces legal provisions for the suspension of the Parate Law until December 15, 2024.

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Mervyn granted bail

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8 hours ago

May 7, 2024

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Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta today (May 07) ordered the release of former Minister Mervyn Silva on bail over the SLRC assault incident in 2007.

He was ordered to be released on a surety of Rs. 500,000.

Silva was accused of threatening and assaulting a former journalist of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

The Magistrate also ordered to immediately arrest former municipal councillor – Lal Peiris, who was named as the third suspect in the case, and produce him before the court.

The Magistrate also banned him from travelling overseas.

(Source : Lankadeepa)

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Appeals Court rejects Wijeyadasa’s petition against interim order

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8 hours ago

May 7, 2024

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The Court of Appeal today dismissed the petition filed by Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe seeking to suspend the interim injunction issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the Acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed as the Acting Chairman of SLFP during an executive committee meeting held on April 21, by the party’s faction led by former President Maithripala Sirisena.

On April 24, the Colombo District Court issued an injunction order preventing Minister Wijeyadasa from functioning as the Acting Chairman of the SLFP.

The court has also issued an injunction order preventing MP Sarathie Dushmantha Mithrapala from functioning as the General Secretary of SLFP.

Meanwhile, the court had issued another injunction preventing the implementation of the decisions taken by the SLFP Acting General Secretary.

The Colombo District Judge issued these injunctions after considering a plaint submitted by Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Member of Parliament Duminda Dissanayake.

It was mentioned in the order that these injunctions will remain in effect until May 08, 2024.

However, Minister Rajapakshe had later filed a petition with the Court of Appeal seeking to invalidate the recent order issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the Acting Chairman of SLFP.

(adaderana.lk)

(This story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)