Ex-provincial commissioner, senior probation officer of Childcare Services Dept. arrested

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A former Commissioner and a Senior Probation Officer of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services in North Central Province, who
were arrested for abusing a 17-year-old girl at an orphanage in Anuradhapura in 2021, have been granted bail by the Anuradhapura
in the Anuradhapura area.Police said an investigation had been initiated by the Anuradhapura Police Station on a complaint received from the
National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) on January 16, 2021.Based on the complaint, officers at the Anuradhapura Police Station recorded
Protection Services Department and conducted investigations.Based on the information revealed there, the advice of the Attorney General had
been sought on legal action to be taken against the governing authority of the North Central Provincial Probation and Childcare Services
Department regarding the cruelty inflicted on a 17-year-old girl, who was detained at a counseling center on court orders, by employing her
Provincial Probation and Childcare Services Department and a senior probation officer be produced before the court for the offence of
are a 49-year-old resident of the Wariyapola area and a 57-year-old resident of the Anuradhapura area.The suspects were granted bail after