Greenlanka Shipping Ltd. Managing Director Prashan Nanayakkara was arrested and produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today on charges of rape and was released on a surety of one million rupees.
He was arrested earlier today following investigations on a complaint filed by a young woman, who said that she was sexually exploited by the said individual for a period of 10 years and that she was also brutally raped and assaulted.
The incident of rape took place in 2013 at a housing complex in Bambalapitiya, the victimized girl said. She had filed a complaint at Bambalapitiya Police Station, but it had not initiated an investigation. Following this she had reported to the IGP who directed the matter to Police Special Investigations Unit.
