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5,000 girls under 16 years raped

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1 year ago

December 21, 2023

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A recent survey has revealed that more than 5,000 girls under 16 years of age had been raped at their own will within four years.

Attorney at law Dr. Palitha Bandara Subasinghe of Kandy National Hospital said 6307 complaints on rape of girls under 16 years of age had been received by police stations all over the country from 2018 to 2021 and 5055 of them had been raped with their consent.

Dr.Subasinghe said 132 girls under 16 years of age in 17 police areas in the Kandy police division had been raped for the last three years and the majority of them had been raped with consent. He said only 15 girls for the three years under review had been raped by force.

(dailymirror.lk)

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2 injured in Kotahena shooting

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7 hours ago

May 16, 2025

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A man and a woman have been injured in a shooting incident in the Kotahena area this evening (May 16), police said.

Both victims were hospitalised for treatment.

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Arrest warrant issued against Mahindananda

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7 hours ago

May 16, 2025

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An arrest warrant has been issued against former Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage over the ongoing investigation into the importation of Chinese fertilizer.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court issued the warrant on a request by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), after Aluthgamage failed to appear before the Commission as summoned on May 14.

Earlier, on May 14, a motion seeking anticipatory bail on behalf of his counsel was filed with the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, requesting that the matter be taken up on May 16. The Magistrate ordered that the motion be heard on May 19.