Three school teachers have been arrested on suspicion of having allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old student in the Kekirihena area in Maha Oya.

The Police stated that the mother of the child had filed a complaint in this regard stating that the child has been hospitalised following the assault.

Investigations launched by the Maha Oya Police have led to the arrest of three teachers of the student’s school.

The arrested teachers are aged 34, 37, and 43 years and are residents of Padiyathalaw in Maha Oya. 

The Police stated that the suspects will be produced before the Dehiyaththakandiya Magistrate’s Court today. (NewsWire)

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The bodies of two individuals reported to have died under suspicious circumstances have been found in the Pinnawala and Maha Oya areas.

The Police stated that the body of a 36-year-old male reported to have died in a suspicious manner had been recovered from a forest reserve in Pinnawala yesterday (22).

Investigations reveal that the deceased, a resident of Pinnawala, was receiving treatment for mental illness and was reported missing on 16th March 2023.

The body was found following a complaint filed by the father of the deceased at the Pinnawala Police station.

Meanwhile, the body of a 41-year-old man was found floating in a river near the Padiyathalawa Road in maha Oya yesterday (22).

The Police stated that the deceased has been identified as a resident of Dambadeniya in Maha Oya.

A bicycle was recovered close to where the body was found, while the Police are conducting investigations to ascertain if it was a murder or drowning. (NewsWire) 

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