The Uva Provincial Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake who is charged over kneeling down a female Principle of a Tamil Girl's School in Badulle had sent a legal plaintiff to the Female Principle through his Attorneys claiming Rs.500 million compensation from her for the damage done to his reputation due to the incident.
However Sri Lanka Human Rights Authority had requested the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission which investigating over the incident of kneeling down a Female principal to take an action against the Chief Ministers Move as it is clearly an attempt to influence the female Principal while an investigation is on over the incident.
Police Officers attached to the Organized Crimes Prevention Division had arrested a person with 19 Grammes and 450 Mili Grammes of Heroin in his possession at Katubedda in Moratuwa yesterday(26).
The 39 year old suspect who is a resident of Moratuwa is due to be produced before the Moratuwa Magistrate Court.
Bribery Commission Officials have today(27) arrested the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Wennappuwa over accepting a Rs.30,000 as a bribe from a female owner of a Body Massage Center(SPA) located in Wennapuwa area under the Ayurveda Label.
The suspected ASP had demanded from the female owner of the SPA a sum of Rs.40,000 to support the SPA to function without any problem and later reduced that sum to Rs.30,000 .He was caught by the Bribery Commission officials while accepting it at Divulapitya road in Negambo .
After further investigations on the incident,The suspected ASP is due to be produced before the Negambo Magistrate Court according to the Bribery Commission.
The body of a teacher who was disappeared after a Motor Car which he was traveling in toppled over to the Vienna Canal at Mapakadawewa area on Badulle-Mahiyanganaya road yesterday(26) had recovered this morning(27) according to the Police.
The body of the 29 year old deceased teacher had recovered from 08 kilo meters away from the place where the accident occurred .The deceased was a teacher attached to Thissapura School.
Three others who were in the same vehicle which toppled over to the Vienna canal were rescued by the residents of the area.