Cop arrested for molesting women

A police constable deployed at a checkpoint at Iranawila who had crept into a neigbouring house and molested a woman occupant was arrested by the Puttalam Police yesterday (21). The constable was interdicted following the incident.
Puttalam police said the constable was arrested immediately after a complaint by the woman and was found drunk at the time.

In the last few weeks a number of errant police officers and policemen were arrested. One was the case of a police inspector who was returning with venison after a hunt in a wild life sanctuary. The other was of a Sub Inspector of Police who had gone out of his police area to arrest a treasure hunter. He was arrested with a large amount of cash he is alleged to have taken from a suspect.

Another case reported recently was an alleged rape by another Inspector of Police of a teenage girl who had gone to the police station to complain that she had been raped.