Cop who raped girl in Weligama arrested

The Weligama Police arrested a constable of the Valachchenai Police who had tricked a young woman whom she had known through Facebook and took her to a hotel room and forcibly raped her on November 8 evening.

Investigations have revealed that the 23-year-old Constable met this girl and committed this crime when he came home on leave. Police said that the constable raped a 20-year-old garment employee residing in Weligama’s Panidodam Watta.Police said that two weeks have not yet passed since the two got to know each other through Facebook.

This officer is a resident of Weligama Kokmaduwa area. Police said that after returning to his Weligama home on leave, this officer called his girlfriend who was found from Facebook and said he wanted to meet her. Accordingly, the investigation revealed that the first meeting of the two took place on November 8 morning in the Weligama area.

The Police officer had gone to meet her on a motorcycle. While the two were talking on a side road, the constable coaxed her to a hotel. A senior official of the Weligama Police said that the investigation revealed that while the two were talking in the hotel lobby the constable had deceived her and taken her to the room and raped her.

Based on complaint lodged by the girl who was raped to the police, investigations were conducted and the suspect Cnstable was arrested and the girl was hospitalised for a medical examination, Police said.

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