Forty two people were arrested over the nude photo incident at Nirveli village last night. The Police had arrested 36 women and six men in connection with the incident.More than 500 residents of Nirveli village, Jaffna,
who were enraged over a nude photo of a young woman being published on social media, surrounded the houses of two youths who did the act and attacked the two youth and damaged their houses.
According to the information received by the 119 police emergency hotline, a sergeant and three constables of the police, who were on mobile duty at night had rushed to the location but had been unable to control the crowd. The two young men had sustained serious injuries and the police had called for reinforcements. The villagers had also tried to attack the police officers and a Sergeant had fired two shots in the air to control the situation.
A police officer and two youth injured in the incident have been admitted to the Jaffna hospital.