Kidnap attempt: 11 youths arrested
Ridma DISSANAYAKE
Eleven youths attempting to kidnap a girl aged 16 were arrested by
Hatton Police yesterday, Acting Police Spokesman SP Sajith Medawatta
said.
Police personnel at a roadblock on the Hatton-Colombo Road had
stopped a van when they saw a girl engaged in a fight with several
youths inside the vehicle, he said.
Police had taken the youths into custody along with the vehicle after
questioning them. Investigation revealed the youths, employed in a
garment factory in Malambe, had kidnapped the girl from her house in
Bogawanthalawa, SP Medawatta said.
The girl is living with her grandfather.
The youths and the girl are to be produced before the Hatton
magistrate’s court.
Hatton Police are investigating. |