Special State Counsel to assist Police investigations into rape charge
[12 Apr 2001]

The Attorney General has appointed a Special State Counsel to assist in the investigation into the alleged torture and rape of two women by police and navy personnel in Mannar. The Inspector General of Police has been directed to arrest and produce the suspects before courts by 23^rd of April.

A high level Presidential Committee headed by the Minister of Justice has requested the police to expedite the investigations. The call came after the committee reviewed the available evidence. Religious and civic leaders have alleged that the two women who were arrested by the Navy and handed over to the Police in Mannar on suspicion of being LTTE suicide bombers, were tortured and raped by Naval and Police personnel.

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