GOLDEN MELODIES

Senior DIG Arrested Over Helping Chief Suspect Of Rape And Murder Of A Jaffna School Girl Remanded Until 25th Of July

The senior Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) in

charge of Central province who was arrested yesterday (15) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over allowing the chief suspect of the rape and murder of Jaffna School girl Vidya to escape from police custody ,has been remanded by the  Acting Magistrate of Kayts  until 25th of July.

The suspected DIG who was in charge of Jaffna at the time of the incident was remanded after being produced before the additional magistrate.He was transported to Anuradhapura prison after the court ordee.

The van transported the suspected DIG had met with an accident early this morning (16)in Kayts area as the Van was veered off the road and crashed into a post due to driver of the van had fallen a sleep.However no one was injured due to the incident.

The suspected DIG has been arrested and remanded over allowing the chief suspect of the rape and murder case of Shivayoganathan Vidya ,Swiss Kumar to escape from the custody.

The rape and murder of the Jaffna school girl occurred on 13th of May 2015.

Two Persons Were Arrested With Dolphine Meat In Tangalle

Coastal Guards attached to the Southern naval

command have arrested two persons over killing of two Dolphins and tranporting their meat through motorcycles to sell yesterday (15) in Kudawella Tangalle.

It has been believed that these marine mammels were killed by fishermen and brought to a shore through Dinghi boats.

Dophins are strictly banned to be slaughtered according to the law.

The suspects along with Dolphin meat due to be handed over to the wild life conservation department for a legal action according to the Navy.

Number Of Dengue Patients Has Been Increased By Eight Folds,Death Rate Is Low-Health Minister

The number of Dengue patients reported in the island

has been increased recently by eight folds but the number of Dengue deaths still low around .3 according to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Speaking during the island wide Dengue Control programme launched yesterday (15) titled "Lets get together-Prevent Dengue" the Minister has said now the total number of Dengue patients reported during this year has been increased to 90,000 and everyone's duty is to minimize the number of patients through destroying Dengue Mosquito breeding places in view of cleaning the enviornment around us.

Health Minister has praised the Contribution of Sri Lankan Media to this programme and stated that need to spend millions of rupees if the Health Ministry has organized this programme alone ,But all media institutions in the country contributed to this programme free of charge considering  it as a national duty.

HEALTH TIP

Two Hundred Thousand Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places Detected In The Island During Last Two Weeks

During last two weeks around 200,000 Dengue

Mosquito breeding places have been detected from the island through the raids carried out by health workers according to the Director of National Dengue Control Programme Dr.Hasitha Thissera.

If the public do not clean their premises/gardens/instit
utes/roads often there is a threat of getting the number increased in future Dr.Thissera has said.

Ministry of Health in collaboration with all media institutes have launched a special dengue control programe today (15)throughout the island.

According to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne this programme has been launched as proposed through the report handed over to him by the visiting World Health Organization expert team few days ago.

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