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Three malnourished children taken into police custody

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11 months ago

May 17, 2023

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The Minuwangoda Police Children & Women Bureau said that three children who were malnourished were taken into custody.

A 12-year-old girl with special needs and her two brothers aged 7 and 8 have been taken into custody to ensure their safety.

Police said that the father of the children had passed away. Police have taken steps to hospitalize the mother who was lying on the floor in the house at Unnaruwa, Minuwangoda without medical treatment.

Police said the two boys had attended school some time ago but had abandoned their studies due to poverty.

Children & Women Bureau OIC SI M. K. Ramani has taken steps to take the children under their care and the mother to the hospital based on information received by the child rights officer of the Minuwangoda Divisional Secretariat.

Police said the children will be presented before the Minuwangoda Magistrate and then will be placed in appropriate custody.

(Lankadeepa)

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Injunction against Wijedasa and Sarathie

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4 hours ago

April 24, 2024

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The Colombo District Court today (April 24) issued an injunction order preventing the appointment of Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as the Acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
The court has also issued an injunction order preventing MP Sarathie Dushmantha Mithrapala from functioning as the General Secretary of SLFP.

Colombo District Judge Sandun Withana issued these orders after considering a complaint filed against the respective appointments.

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Fox Hill crash : Arrested drivers bailed

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4 hours ago

April 24, 2024

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The two drivers of the race cars involved in the fatal crash during the ‘Fox Hill Super Cross 2024’ motorsport racing championship at Diyatalawa, have been granted bail by the Bandarawela Magistrate’s Court.

The two drivers were arrested while undergoing treatment in hospital on April 22 and were subsequently ordered to be held in remand custody by the Bandarawela Magistrate on the same day.

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Damitha Abeyratne & husband granted bail

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7 hours ago

April 24, 2024

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Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband were granted bail on the orders of the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (April 24).

Accordingly, the couple was released on a surety of Rs. 5 million each.

The actress and her spouse were arrested on April 04.

The Computer Crimes Division of the CID initiated an investigation into the alleged defrauding of Rs. 3 million by the couple on the promise of employment in South Korea. Subsequently, the CID informed the court that Abeyratne and her husband would be named as suspects of the relevant case.