Pettah OIC Transferred

Pettah OIC Transferred

A 17-year-old teenager was arrested with a stock of cannabis earlier this month, at Bastian Mawatha in Pettah. He committed suicide at the Pettah Police Station by hanging himself inside a cell on January 11.
Followed by this, the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Pettah Police Station has been transferred with immediate effect in connection with the suicide of a 17 year old detainee at the Pettah Police Station.
Accordingly the OIC has been transferred to the Batticaloa Police Station under the instructions of the IGP and the Naitonal Police Commission.