Security officers of a Minister who sexually harassed Russian tourist who was swimming in Mount Lavinia ... nabbed!

Security officers of a Minister who sexually harassed Russian tourist who was swimming in Mount Lavinia ... nabbed!

A sudden phone call was received by the Tourist Mobile Police officers yesterday (28) from a certain luxury hotel which said that a tourist lady staying at the caller's hotel has been subjected to abuse a short while before and to nab the suspects concerned without delay. The Shore Police Officers who hastened to the location where the incident took place in a jeep were able to confront the lady concerned and what she said was that when she had come to

have a bath at the beach, all of a sudden 2 individuals who appeared from a screwpine bush had got hold of her and had taken her to a nearby lonely spot. She also said that the men had gagged her mouth with rags and had sexually molested her alternatively and later when she began to writhe in pain they had abruptly released her and had made a retreat. Some people who were in the vicinity had noticed something fishy about this mishap and had come to her rescue.

According to the description so given the police had hastened to make a check about the direction in which the culprits had fled and were able to secure a clue of 2 suspicious characters; later another police team had been directed whereby the said 2 men were halted on the road and were taken into custody. The victim who had been bathing in Mount Lavinia it is learnt is a Russian national. When interrogating the 2 culprits about their profession, it was found that one of them is a driver attached to a Minister Security Division while the other is a Security Officer. The suspects were residents of Mirihana and Kantalai. They are expected to be produced before Mount Lavinia Magistrate today (29).