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| Monday, 17 January 2005 |
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by Sarath Malalasekera The two special police teams deployed to inquire into several incidents at the Yala sanctuary after the tsunami recovered the headless body of a foreign woman on Saturday. The two police teams assigned by Inspector General of Police Chandra Fernando said they had found a hand bag near the body with the victim's identity card. The Yala game park authorities had not examined the place properly after the tsunami on December 26 last year, the IGP said. The IGP who visited the South during the week-end ordered the Tangalle Police to conduct an inquiry into how several bodies were buried without the knowledge of the area police. 'Search for the burial locations and cordon off the area where the bodies are being buried and conduct an inquiry as early as possible and submit a report to me,' the IGP had told the Tangalle Senior SP Sugathadasa. The IGP also directed all Senior Police Officers in the coastal areas not to allow any person to construct any building within a 100 meter radius from the sea. They could construct any building 100 meters away from the sea and within the 300 meter mark with the permission of the local authorities. "Arrest any person who attempts to loot or rob victims of the tragedy and take legal action against them immediately,' the IGP added. IGP Chandra Fernando also visited the affected police stations in the area and directed authorities to take immediate action to re-locate them in alternative locations. The IGP directed the Director, Police Welfare to grant maximum assistance to the affected police families in the area and to make arrangements to re-build their houses as early as possible with the available funds. Southern Range DIG D.W. Prathapasinghe, Police Welfare Director Senior SP Asoka Wijeyatilleke, Tangalle Senior SP M.K. Sugathadasa, Galle Senior SP Lasantha de Silva and Matara Senior SP C.D. Wickremasinghe accompanied the IGP during the tour in the South to inspect the tsunami affected areas. |
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