Cop arrested for allegedly harassing woman

A police constable who had allegedly harassed a woman when he visited a house to inquire into a complaint was arrested by the Galewela Police yesterday.

The husband of the victim had given a call to the police emergency number that, when his wife (35) was with her child at home, the police constable concerned who was attached to the Galewela Police had sexually harassed his wife. This incident had

The woman who had faced this tragedy was being medically treated at the Dambulla base hospital and she was scheduled to be presented for a medical test

happened when he went to his house in Beliyakanda area in Galewela.

The OIC of Galewela police IP, Janaka Withanarachchi said that arrangements had been done to produce the suspect before Dambulla Magistrates court yesterday (8) according to the complaint made regarding the victim. An inquiry had been held into the incident by the Dambulla ASP Gamini Meegahakumbura at the Galewela Police.

The woman who had faced this tragedy was being medically treated at the Dambulla base hospital and she was scheduled to be presented for a medical test. Further investigations are being conducted by a

Arrangements had been done to produce the suspect before Dambulla Magistrates court yesterday (8) according to the complaint made regarding the victim

team of Police officers with the directions of Matale Police Division SP T. B. Sugathapala.