Palai student abduction and rape case: Two arrested

Two persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the abduction and rape of a 19-year-old student in the Palai area, according to the Police Media Spokesman’s Office.

The suspects were produced at the Mulaithivu Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The student had sat for the A/L examination and was on her way home, when the suspects had followed her in a black jeep and motorcycle and had abducted her in the Udayarkattu area in the Palai Police Division.

The suspects had taken her to a wooded area in Dharmankerni around 3.30 pm on Monday (20).

However, the family of the victim had said that one of the suspects and the student had been having an affair over the past two months.

She had told the Police that the suspect had taken her to the jungle and raped her. Palai Police are investigating. 

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