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'Around 90 percent of the rapes that were reported in the country were against underaged girls', said criminologist Millewa Vithanachchi of the Police Department.

He made this observation yesterday delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Crime Information Analysis Central Unit at the Criminal Records Division of the Police in Torrington Square.

He stated that 642 crimes of D-category have been reported during the last three months. He stated that it was a solace that out of them only 27 percent, which is 176 in number, were crimes against the people and the rest was against property.

He added that of those 176 crimes against people, 48 percent was rape while the rest was the causing of injuries, assault, abductions and so on. He said the proportion of rape was considerably high compared with the other crimes committed against humans.

Vithanachchi also stated that the analysis found that love affairs, lack of attention, living alone at home during the day, the fact that both parents were employed seemed to be the causes of these underage girls being victims of rape. He also suggested that prior awareness could be one of the best solutions to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.

Senior Police officers, including IGP N K Ilangakoon, Senior DIG (admin) Gamini Navaratne, DIG Gamini Dissanayake, DIG Nandana Gunasinghe, DIG WFU Fernando and Police Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana were present on the occasion.

 

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