INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Police have suspended a Chief Inspector and transferred two other officers in relation to the recent incident of the abduction of
an 18-year-old Muslim schoolgirl in the Hapugahayata Thenna area of Davulagala, Kandy.The decision follows allegations of dereliction of
duty of the officers in question, police said.The suspended Chief Inspector of Police had been serving as the Acting Officer-in-Charge (OIC)
of the Davulagala Police Station at the time of the incident
Inspector has been assigned to the Kadugannawa Police Station, while the Sub-Inspector, who served as the Crimes OIC of the police station,
charge of the Central Province
These actions come in the wake of an internal investigation into the incident, which took place on January 19, according to police.According
to reports, an officer attached to Gampola Police, who was passing by the scene during the abduction, had informed the Davulagala Police
Operations Room regarding the incident
However, Davulagala Police had allegedly failed to respond to the alert, leading to the current disciplinary actions.
