Six arrested on abduction charge

by J. Jayasinghe and Kapila Somaratne, Panadura Cor.

Six young men who planned to abduct an unmarried woman ayurvedic doctor who was to enter wedlock this week, were arrested by the Wadduwa police.

According to the Wadduwa police, a young man from Gampaha who made several attempts to befriend the young doctor by making amorous overtures had failed to win her heart.

As it became a nuisance the lady doctor left the Gampaha area and came to reside in Wadduwa. But when the young man came to know that she was about to marry another man who is also an ayurvedic doctor the following week he panicked.

The young man along with five others from Maharagama, Piliyandala and the Wadduwa areas came to Wadduwa town in a three-wheeler and invited the male ayurvedic doctor who was planning to marry the young woman to meet them in the Wadduwa town.

But when the man arrived the young man who had an axe to grind with him assaulted him. Later the victim lodged a complaint at the Wadduwa police.

The six suspects S. Tharanga, M. Kumara Silva, D. Madusanka, D. Kumaradasa, R. Prasunna and L. Sampath were produced before the Panadura Magistrate Jagath A. Kahadagamage who remanded four suspects while releasing two on bail till investigations are completed.

OIC Crimes Wadduwa Police Sub Inspector A. Viddanage is conducting further investigations.