Abducted child (9) thrown into Victoria reservoir
A nine year old boy Lasith Rasanjana abducted by some known persons
at Sapugaskanda, Kelaniya has had a miraculous escape when his abductors
threw him to the Victoria reservoir at Pubudugama, Talatuoya yesterday.
The boy was on his way to a nearby grocery at about 10 in the morning
when he was abducted by two persons who came on a three-wheeler. The
abductors have telephoned the boy's father, a businessman and demanded a
ransom of Rs 800,000 to return the boy.
They have also threatened to kill the boy if the father complained to
the police. The boy had escaped by hanging on to the branch of a tree on
the inclined bank when his abductors threw him into the Victoria
reservoir.
He had later crawled up the incline and reached the road. A vehicle
passing by had noticed the boy and informed the Talatuoya police who
have taken custody of the boy.
A team of officers from the Talatuoya police headed by Chief
Inspector Kamal Ariyawansa are conducting investigations under the
instructions of Central Police Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne.
Two police teams have been deployed to arrest the suspects who are
believed to have fled toward Digana. AK
| Lasith Rasanjana's
story
The abducted boy Lasith Rasanjana says
that two known uncles came in a three-wheeler and asked him
to board a three-wheeler inviting him to visit Kandy. "I was
on my way to a grocery to buy a packet of fresh milk and a
tooth brush as asked by my mother," he says.
"They gave me food on way. When we had
gone a long way I told them that I wanted to go home. Then
they scolded me. I was scared and I screamed.
"One uncle squeezed my mouth and
strangulated my neck. I found it difficult to breathe. Then
they took me out of the three-wheeler and threw me down an
inclined bank.
"I rolled down and would have fallen into
the water had I not clutched a branch of a tree and hung to
it. Later I slowly crawled up the bank and reached the road.
Then a vehicle passing by stopped and telephoned the police.
The police arrived and rescued me." |
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