17-Year-Old Detainee Committed Suicide at Pettah Police Station

A 17-year-old teenager was arrested with a stock of cannabis last night (10) at Bastian Mawatha in Pettah, Police said.

Followed by this, he has committed suicide at the Pettah Police Station by hanging himself inside a cell.

The suspect, a resident of Kirimanagama in Haputale, had allegedly used his own clothes as a noose to hang himself inside the cell he was locked-up in.

The body of the victim  has been placed at the Colombo National Hospital .  Further investigations are being carried out  into the incident under the instructions of an ASP.