Govt on alleged abduction of TRO employees

THE Government is paying serious attention to the two alleged incidents of abduction of 10 TRO employees, five on January 29 and another five on January 30, of which the second abduction of the January 30 was reported to the Government Security Division ahead of the alleged incident of the 29th.

A large number of Police Officers under two DIGs and two SPs are conducting investigations at the moment in addition to the operational team deployed under the North Central Province DIG Kingsley T. Fernando to nab the culprits involved in the Welikanda abduction incident. These police teams are functioning under the personal supervision of IGP Chandra Fernando.

Police are baffled on the statement of the driver of the vehicle involved in the alleged Welikanda abduction of January 30 because the incident took place around 4 p.m. on January 30 was not reported to the Welikanda Police which was the nearest or any other police station until it was reported to the TRO Administrative Officer on the following day and because the Administrative Officer concerned in turn complained of the alleged incident to the police only after the lapse of nine hours since he received the information.

The Police say that if the incident was reported to the Police promptly the task of getting at the culprits would have been nabbed much easier.

The Government, is determined to leave no stone unturned and deal with transparency to disclose the truth of these two alleged abductions, states a media release of the Government Information Department in this regard.