Crime roundup, Sexual abuse suspect remanded

Stanley Seneviratne KURUNEGALA north group correspondent

A seven year old girl has been allegedly sexually abused by a 65 year old man who happened to be her neighbour at Welathawa Godelleyaya is the Bingiriya police area.

According to police information it is revealed that the parents of the girl had gone to work when the 65 year old neighbour had come to play with the child.

However, the suspect had denied the charges but the child had complained that the suspect had abused her thereafter the mother of the child had lodged a complaint with the Bingiriya police.

The child had been admitted to the Chilaw hospital for medical checkup while the suspect had been produced before the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate and was remanded.

OIC Bingiriya police is conducting further inquiries. One person was killed and four others were seriously injured in a brawl between villagers and a family in Tambagolle Pedigama in the Wellawa police area on Saturday.

The injured were admitted to Kurunegala Teaching Hospital. Police information reveals that there had been an argument between the members of the family when the villagers had intervened.

A family member had got angry over the intervention of the villagers and had shouted at the villagers when the brawl flared up.

Police information also reveals that the villagers had then assaulted a family member when a person who had been working in the kitchen had come rushing with a knife and had allegedly stabbed five villagers killing one on the spot and seriously injuring five others.

Police said that this person had done so for protection. The victim had been identified as Sunil Kemawansa (30) a father of a child and a resident of Pedigama. Kemawansa and two others were taken to custody and were produced before courts.

An army deserter had been arrested by the Katupotha police on Saturday for allegedly extorting Rs. 100 from a bus driver.

Police information reveals that he had been involved in a number of extortion cases.

OIC Katupotha police Lakdasa Abeygunasekara said that he is to be produced before courts after the investigations are over.