Soldier abducts girl!
- Friday, 08 August 2014
The arrest was made at Medagama in Madampe yesterday (07).
The girl, aged 15 years, had been returning home at Wellarawa, Bingiriya, from a tuition class, when she was abducted.
The arrest was made on a complaint by her parents to police.
The girl has told police that she had been having an affair with the suspect for around two years and that she had gone with him at his request.
The suspect is attached to the Kankesanthurai Army camp, police say.
Police are conducting further investigations.
- Friday, 08 August 2014
1 dead after SL military hit and run in Mullaitivu
One man has been killed and another injured during a hit and run incident near a Sri Lankan navy base in Mullaitivu, when a Sri Lankan military tractor crashed into a motorcycle on 2 August.
The military personnel driving the tractor ran away from the scene immediately after the crash, reported the Uthayan newspaper.
The deceased, a 24 year old father named Arugmugam Sivakumar, was found unconscious, trapped between the wheel of the tractor. He was admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital however succumbed to his injuries.
The other man, also a 24 year old father named Parameswaran Sujeevan, has been admitted to hospital with a fracture of his leg.
The military personnel driving the tractor ran away from the scene immediately after the crash, reported the Uthayan newspaper.
The deceased, a 24 year old father named Arugmugam Sivakumar, was found unconscious, trapped between the wheel of the tractor. He was admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital however succumbed to his injuries.
The other man, also a 24 year old father named Parameswaran Sujeevan, has been admitted to hospital with a fracture of his leg.

Madampe police have caught a soldier of the Army in the act of abducting an underage girl.