Female police officers are undergoing training under the Police Anti-Riot squad to control protests in future, the Police Department said.
This was following a decision taken by the said Department concerning the deployment of female police officers to control protests within the Colombo District.
Individuals who engage in acts of abuse or harassment of these police officers would be charged for the harassment of females., police said.
A test-run in this regard was carried out on February 26 when 40 female police officers were deployed to control a students' protest.
The protestors had conducted themselves in a proper manner instead of clashing with the police, due to this move, a senior police officer said.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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