Businessman keeps 29-year-old mother of three for six months

• The woman had lived in that house under threats and intimidations for about 06 months

By Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk  

A businessman suspected of abducting a 29-year-old mother of three children under death threat and keeping her within closed doors, was taken into custody by the Matara Division Women and Children’s Bureau during a raid on a house at Masthakamulla in Kamburupitiya.   

The woman who lived in that house under threats and intimidations for about 06 months was admitted to Matara General Hospital after recording her statement.   

She stated that the suspect threatened her with the death of her husband and children in case of any attempt to escape and that he took video scenes of her nudity and threatened to release them to the internet. She said that the suspect cut off her hair and threatened her with death.   

Her mother said she complained to several police stations to secure her release but to no avail and that she complained to the DIG Southern Province Sajeewa Medawatta who handed over the investigations to OIC Matara Division Women and Children’s Bureau Waruni Keshala Bogahawatta.   

Police recovered five large knives used in the suspect’s fish stalls, Kriss knives, a cellular phone containing the nude video scenes of the woman and a memory card.   There were several cases in connection with many other incidents.  Investigations revealed that the suspect was an uncle of the woman concerned and that he had abducted her from her house in Embilipitiya area under death threat last December.   The suspect was to be produced before the Matara magistrate yesterday.  A police team under OIC Matara Division Women and Children’s Bureau Waruni Bogahawatta is conducting further investigations on the instructions of SSP Pandula Weerasinghe and DIG Sajeewa Medawatta.