Forty five missing from Maligawatte in 12 months

Saturday, 01 September 2012 

About 45 youths from the Maligawatte area have reportedly gone missing last year. The Grand Police had recently handed over the body of one Ranzin, who had gone missing, to his father saying he had dies of a heart attack while in police custody.

Family members of the 44 remaining missing persons say that they are yet to receive any information about their loved ones. The police have so far not held any proper investigations into these missing persons although families have reported to the police about their missing loved ones.

UNP Western Provincial Councilor Mujabir Rahuman says that apart from abductions and reports of missing persons, many youths in the Maligawatte area are constantly arrested by the police and that charges are framed against them for allegedly possessing narcotics or weapons. He said that court cases are then filed against these youths.