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Police warns public amid reports of attacks in
villages:
Don’t take the law into your hands
No leniency for attacks based on mythical tales:
The Police yesterday requested the public not to take the law into
their own hands but let the law enforcement personnel handle incidents
of criminality. Police Spokesman SP Prishantha Jayakody said several
incidents of residents attacking individuals arriving in their villages
for sight-seeing and other purposes have been reported from several
areas.
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Contact about suspicious
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requested the public to inform them forthwith regarding any
suspicious activity or individuals. They requested the public to
contact the nearest police station or dial 119 or 118 to inform
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These attacks are being carried out by the villagers under the false
notion of a Grease Yaka which is a myth and a scapegoat for other
misdoings, he added in a statement.
SP Jayakody also said that certain individuals were using the
opportunity to avenge personal grudges, spread false rumours and engage
in such activities for their own amusement.
“At a time when a peaceful atmosphere prevails and people move freely
to all parts since the end of terrorism and as intelligent citizens
living in a country where hospitality towards both local and foreign
travellers is of the highest order, the Police request the people to act
in a more responsible and a disciplined manner”, he said. The Police
Spokesman also warned that there was no leniency in the law for mythical
tales. “Those who take law into their own hands and carry out such
attacks would be punished irrespective of their status”, he added.
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