The Kantale Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced to two months of rigorous imprisonment a school bus driver who was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. 

Kantale Chief Magistrate D.P.G. Sandhareka further suspended the licence of the driver for a period of one year and also imposed a fine of Rs. 30,000 on the accused, a 38-year-old resident of Ella.

The driver had been found drunk while transporting schoolchildren from Ella to Trincomalee on an educational tour this week. 

The bus had been inspected by a Police mobile patrol unit in Thambalagamuwa, during which the driver was found to be drunk.

The officers had arrested him on the spot and provided another driver for the children to continue with their tour. (Newswire)

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A Police Constable who had forcibly entered a state school and misbehaved in front of female students while under the influence of alcohol was arrested by the Mallavi Police yesterday.

According to the Lankadeepa newspaper, the arrested officer was a Constable attached to the Mallavi Police Station in the Mullaitivu District.

The Mallavi Police had arrested the Police Constable following a complaint received claiming that he was harassing a group of female students. 

The arrested Police Constable was handed over to a Judicial Medical Officer for an examination, after which he was found to be intoxicated. 

The Police Constable has been arrested on charges of being intoxicated while on duty, forcibly entering a school while intoxicated, and harassing students. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Railways has launched an inquiry at a departmental level into the misconduct of the driver of the train operated from Colombo to Kandy on June 30.

According to the Railway Department, the train driver has been suspended from service following the incident.

It is reported that the engine driver had been heavily intoxicated and behaved in an unruly manner soon after the train from Colombo to Kandy commenced its journey at 10.45 am on Sunday.

The engine driver is said to have stopped the train in the Sudhumpola area near Kandy and attempted to leave when passengers chased him and brought him back to the train.

The Assistant engine driver later operated the train until the Kandy Station. The intoxicated engine driver was handed over to the Railway Security Division by the Railway Transport Inspector.

The train which was scheduled to arrive at the Kandy Station at 1.40 pm had reached only at 2.30 pm due to the actions of the intoxicated engine driver. (Newswire)

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An individual under the influence of alcohol is reported to have hijacked a parked bus following a dispute with the driver, it was reported.

According to Lankadeepa newspaper, the Dambulla Police Headquarters said the bus plying from Colombo to Muttur/ Trincomalee had been hijacked last night (May 29).

The Police said the bus had been parked near a hotel for refreshments, with the driver, conductor and some passengers getting off.

At the hotel, an intoxicated man is said to have engaged in a brawl with the conductor and driver, after which he had entered the bus and drove off causing panic among the remaining passengers inside the bus.

The Police said the driver and conductor had followed the bus in a three-wheeler after which the suspect had abandoned the bus near the Ibbankatuwa Cemetery and fled the area.

It is reported that the suspect had driven the bus for more than 4 kilometres before abandoning the bus. (Newswire)

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A State Minister of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party has fired shots into the air using an official pistol while at the official accommodation provided to Parliamentarians in the Madiwala area, it was reported. 

According to Lankadeepa, the Police stated investigations have revealed that the State Minister who was highly intoxicated had fired shots into the air from the balcony of his official residence.

The Police stated that this particular State Minister has been criticized by society for several controversial incidents in the recent past. 

The State Intelligence Service (SIS) has been informed by the Police of the incident which occurred on Tuesday night (Sep 05). (NewsWire)

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