Man molests cousin's bride-to-be

Colombo - Sri Lanka police have begun an investigation to arrest a person who had deceived a girl by claiming to be her bridegroom-to-be.

The girl in fact was to marry the accused person’s cousin in Kandy, ‘Lankadeepa’ reported.

Police said the young woman, who was since been hospitalised, was visited by the groom’s parents only, where both parties had agreed for the marriage and decided to meet again to fix a date for the wedding ceremony.

A few days later, the suspect posing as her future groom, called her on her mobile and said his parents were against their marriage and that they should go somewhere faraway to live.

In her complaint to the police, she had stated that the said the call had given her a great shock as she had great hopes of becoming a bride.

The victim then went to meet the suspect, who took her to a hotel in Kandy where they had spent few days together.

It was then she realised that she had been deceived and lodged the police complaint after escaping him, police said.

Investigations continue.

Youth commits suicide on his birthday

A youth had committed suicide by hanging himself inside his bedroom on his 29th birthday having written a note saying, ‘I love you though I die and I cannot live without you’, ‘Rivira’ reported.

The victim was a 29-year-old youth working as a carpenter and a resident of Ariyawansa Avenue in Kantalai.

Giving evidence before the Kantalai coroner, his parents stated that their son came home fully drunk on Friday around 11pm and retired to his room.

On the day of the incident, when they peeped through the window of his room from outside, the parents saw him hanging on a cross-bar with a rope and found the note written on his bed.

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