Ex-Batticaloa Mayor Sivageetha arrested for allegedly running brothel
Former Batticaloa Mayor Sivageetha Prabakaran has been arrested on Sunday on charges of running a brothel at a building adjoining her house.
Acting on a tip off, a special police team raided her place on the Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway and took into custody five men and two girls along with the former Mayor.
Conducting further investigations, Batticaloa police said that they would be produced before the Batticaloa Magistrate on Monday.
The place is known for rooms on hire.
Batticaloa Magistrate Court Magistrate recently ordered the police to take stringent action against brothels and prostitution in the area.
Sivageetha Prabakaran served as Batticaloa Mayor between 2008 and 2013.
