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Police arrest woman who claimed her life was under threat

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Police have arrested a woman for making false claims that her life was under threat.

They made the arrest after a probe in response to her complaint to Central Province Senior Deputy Inspector General Lalith Pathinayake.

The probe led by SSP Anuruddha Bandaranayake and Crime Division OIC Tilak Samaranayke revealed that the 33-year-old woman had made several false claims to the police.

She had claimed that her father was an engineer and her mother was a teacher, but these claims were found to be false, and in addition, the address given was incorrect.

The woman was found to be a resident of Kekirawa, though she claimed she was from Hindagala, Peradeniya.

Though she claimed that she had received death threats from a person who wanted to extort money from her, it was revealed that she had deliberately sent messages to her phone from another phone and showed the police that she had received death threats.

The woman has, in the process, built close relationships with police officers.

Detectives said she was also wanted in connection with the investigations into the death of the former OIC of the Eheliyagoda Police, Suranjith Silva, who had reportedly shot himself in his quarters in October last year.

The officer had received the last telephone call from the woman.

The woman had taken part in the initial inquiry but later absconded from the investigations, thereby making it difficult for the police to conclude the investigations.

The woman was due to be produced before a magistrate yesterday.

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

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Rains expected in several areas today

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The Meteorology Department says that several spells of showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (July 07).

A few showers may occur in the North-western province.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the afternoon or night.

Strong winds of about 40-50 kmph can be expected at times over Western slopes of the central hills and in Northern, North-central and North-western provinces and in Trincomalee and Hambantota districts.

The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

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Former Eastern Provincial Council member arrested

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Ampara District Organizer of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal party and former member of the Eastern Provincial Council K. Pushpakumar alias Iniya Bharathi has been arrested.

He was arrested over the abduction and disappearance of the former Vice Chancellor of the Eastern University Prof. Subramaniyam Ravindranath.

Sivanathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan, the leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and former State Minister, was arrested by the Colombo Criminal Investigation Department at his office in Batticaloa on April 8, over this incident.

He was later detained for 3 months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Iniya Bharathi, also known as Kumaraswamy Pushpakumar, was arrested based on information revealed during the interrogation of Pillayan.

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e-Revenue Licence system down due to technical glitch, ICTA says

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The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) said the electronic Revenue Licence system (eRL 2.0) is currently unavailable due to a critical technical infrastructure issue.

According to the ICTA, the disruption began on July 3, 2025, and has made vehicle revenue licence issuing services inaccessible.

The unavailability is expected to continue until July 9, 2025.

The ICTA expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to the public and assured that technical teams are working urgently to resolve the issue.

The agency also said that further updates will be shared as work progresses, with an official notice to be issued once services are restored.

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