FAMILY SEEKS JUSTICE AGAINST BRUTALITY AT PADUKKA POLICE

Police Media Unit says false information appears to have been spread with regards to this incident but investigations are underway

- KAMANTHI WICKRAMASINGHE

• An officer in civvies at the Padukka Police who had recorded the statement is alleged to have misinterpreted the statement

• When his wife had gone to the toilet. she is alleged to have been harassed by a Police officer

• He had desperately wanted to bail out since he felt that His two daughters and wife were extremely unsafe at the Police Station

A young mother of three from Bope, Padukka has appealed to the President and Inspector General of Police seeking justice over an alleged incident of sexual harassment she experienced when she visited the Padukka Police station to file a complaint.

However, the Police Media Unit said the Mirihana Police Division Crime Investigation Unit is conducting further investigations on the complaints filed by the family.

“The complaints are on obscene videos sent by a person and the wife has complained of an assault by her husband who had been under the influence of alcohol. There is no complaint about police officers attempting to harass the woman. False information appears to have been spread with regards to this incident but investigations are underway.”