Move to curb incidence of violence:
Police gets tough over abuse of women and children
The Police Department has launched a program to
curb the incidence of violence against women and children by setting
up 43 branches of the Women and Children’s Bureau at police
divisions and a single unit at every police station to investigate
complaints of abuse against women and children,
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Police focus special attention on abductions
The police has paid special attention on
abductions in various places in the country and warned the public to
be more vigilant over perpetrators who visit their houses at any
time of the day. According to the police, various types of
abductions are being reported due to personal reasons or to demand
ransoms.
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Sunday Crime
Major breakthrough in human smuggling operations
The Fraud Bureau sleuths thwarted one of the
most daring human smuggling operations recently. They nabbed 113
mostly Tamil speaking people who were bound for Australia seeking
greener pastures. They were to be smuggled in a boat from the
Wennappuwa beach last week.
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