INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala revealed that 79 shooting incidents have occurred in the country within the past 7 months,
stated that these shootings have occurred between September 21 last year and yesterday (08).He explained that 62 of these shootings have
been carried out by organised crime gangs, while 17 shootings have been carried out by others.However, the minister emphasised that 260
persons have been arrested in connection with the shootings so far, of which 229 are related to organised crime.The government has taken the
necessary measures to curb the underworld, and there has been no significant increase in crimes when compared to 2022, 2023 and 2024, the
Minister said, adding that it is a human life that is lost under any situation.Minister Wijepala said the government has taken high-level
decisions in this regard, and that it is unacceptable to claim that there has been a serious increase in shootings since the new government
We have taken many decisions for it
Accordingly, we are doing this work according to a vision and a plan
significant increase from 2022, 2023, or 2024
But we do not trivialise any shooting
We treat every human life with value
