Afghan arrested for raping underage girl in Sri Lanka

Mohamed Ghahi, Afghan civil engineer, and a local youth have been arrested by the Dehiwala Police in Sri Lanka for allegedly raping a 15 year old girl.

The Afghan had come to Sri Lanka on vacation on April 20. On the evening of the incident, he was seen in a club in Colpetty in the company of friends and had reportedly got acquainted with the victim through his friends.

According to the complaint lodged with the Dehiwala Police, the girl had been with her lover aged 16 in Dehiwela where she was tricked into drinking a beverage laced with alcohol after which the he had sex with her.

The boy then took the girl to a night club where she was given more liquor. The underage couple then befriended an Afghan national who tricked the girl saying that he is down in Sri Lanka with his family. Trusting him, the boy sent the girl with him to spend the night. But the Afghan, who had come to Sri Lanka alone, allegedly raped the girl and returned her the boy in the morning.

Finding the girl missing, her mother lodged a police complaint. When the girl returned, the mother took her to Wellawatte police where she narrated her story.

The 16 year old school boy and the Afghan were taken into police custody. Apparently, the Afghan had fallen ill and was admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila. The magistrate has ordered the suspect to be re-arrested after he is discharged from hospital.

Mount Lavinia Acting Magistrate Krishantha Dharmatileke, remanded a suspects until  May 14 on charges of raping a underage girl.

Underage girl raped by ‘mobile lover’
 
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a man on charges of raping an underage girl he came to know through a wrong missed call to her mobile phone.

The 15-year-old girl got a missed call from a stranger on her mobile when in fact he was trying to contact someone else.

But the missed call matured into an affair, according to Neluwa police, who took the boyfriend into custody.

The suspect is a resident of Panwila in Panagoda.

Killer of witness in murder case arrested

The Sri Lankan killer of a witness in a murder case has been arrested, thanks to the untiring efforts of a police officer.

The body of N. Sathyaseelan, a father of four, was found floating in a reservoir a few months ago with his hands tied behind his back in Maddekanda, Kabaragala in the Balangoda area of the Sabaragamuwa province.

‘The Island’ reported on Monday that the OIC of the Crime Investigation Unit of the Balangoda police Inspector Shelton Uduwakage was unfazed though initial investigations drew a blank. His efforts were not in vain as he questioned everyone who had met the victim on the fateful day and one person came forward as an eye witness to the murder.

The witness said as he was walking along a road on the fateful day, two persons who were waiting on the road had ordered him to move away quickly and so he had become suspicious of them.

Hiding behind a bush, he observed  that one of them had struck Sathyaseelan on the head as he passed the place where the assailants were hiding.

Later, they had tied his hands behind his back and threw him into the reservoir.

Acting on the information, police arrested W. Kiritharan alias Suren, who is the main suspect in a two-year-old murder case  in which Sathyaseelan was the key witness.

Suren, who was on bail, had told Sathyaseelan on a number of occasions not to give evidence against him.

He has been remanded to police custody on the order of the Balangoda Magistrate.



 

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